Category: Sermons

Rise Up


(Sermon preached June 30, 2024)  In Mark 5:21-43, the gospel writer sandwiches a story within a story about two people receiving healing.  One has suffered for twelve years, the other is twelve years old.  Jesus meets them both with tenderness and calls them to rise up.  This sermon invites us to consider how we can help each other to rise up.

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So You Want a King?

(Sermon preached June 9, 2024) The elders of Israel approach Samuel with the request for a king, so they can be like the other nations. After consulting with God, Samuel warns them about what a king will do, but they want one anyway, rejecting God as their king.  And here we are, all these years later, and people still think an earthly ruler is going to solve all their problems.  We’ll see…

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