Category Archives: Sermons

Looking Once Again at Job

It was a great question Satan asked “Does Job fear God for nothing?” It’s a good question for all of us. We who are blessed, like Job. Is our love for God founded on our belief that God is a … Continue reading

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“Enough! “It’s time to forgive and console…”

“Now,” Paul says, “it’s time to forgive and console” this person who had made life so ‘painful’ for Paul so that he won’t be overwhelmed by guilt, shame, sorrow. “Reaffirm your love for him” Paul tells the Corinthians.   Because … Continue reading

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Called to Compassion

As the comforter comforts us, abides with us, accompanies us, comes beside us in our times of peril so we are called to accompany and comfort others. This is the result of what God has done for us. II Corinthians … Continue reading

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Pentecost

One does not exercise spiritual authority in the Religious Society of Friends. One is exercised by spiritual authority, if one is humble enough to follow the Guide closely. Acts 1; I Corinthians 12: Luke, in the first paragraphs of his … Continue reading

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The Bride of Christ – The Marriage of the Lamb

A plaque hangs over the changing table in the nursery of a church that quotes I Corinthians 15:51 We shall not all sleep but we shall all be changed. How true, one more than one level. That is what it’s … Continue reading

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It’s my story and I’m sticking to it…Amber Joplin

Gifts of the Living Presence – Written in preparation for the June Pacific Northwest Quaker Women’s Theology Conference Reflection Paper by Amber Joplin “This is my story and I am sticking by it!” Note: I am attempting to use gender … Continue reading

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risky business

Luke writes that the claim is “These people who have been turning the world upside down have come here…” It is how the early Christians saw themselves at work in the world. That the name of Jesus is invoked by … Continue reading

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Outside In

  Outside In Acts 3:1-ff   3One day Peter and John were going up to the temple at the hour of prayer, at three o’clock in the afternoon. 2And a man lame from birth was being carried in. People would … Continue reading

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Peter’s Easter Recollection

The Easter story continues to be alive, it accumulates new meaning whenever and where ever it is preached, because with fresh and vital connections to our lives it continues to say something about God’s intentions for us and all creation. … Continue reading

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Sabbath as Peacemaking

Sabbath as Peacemaking Last week Norman Pasche share with us about some different ways of thinking about the Sabbath. The one that stayed in my mind the most vividly was that rather than the Sabbath being at the end of … Continue reading

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