Sermons

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The Sixth Sunday of Easter ~ May 13,1012

Gary Hall May 13, 2012 For us news junkies, there were plenty of headlines this week.  Voters in France and Greece threw out their governments.  J.P. Morgan Chase lost a couple of billion dollars.  President Obama changed his position on same sex marriage.  Governor Romney was reminded of some bad behavior in high school. As [...]

The Fifth Sunday of Easter ~ May 6, 2012

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The Fourth Sunday of Easter ~ April 29, 2012

Gary Hall ~ Today, the Fourth Sunday of Easter, is also known as “Good Shepherd Sunday”.  That’s because the Collect of the Day refers to Jesus as our “Good Shepherd.”  When I think about shepherds and sheep, I always remember one of my favorite movies, the 1995 film, Babe. You’ll remember that Babe is a [...]

The Third Sunday of Easter ~ April 22, 2012

Gary Hall As the years roll by, I am increasingly aware of the ways the way polite, refined churches like ours are always trying to do the impossible.  We have taken what is essentially an irrational, extravagant, sometimes terrifying experience and attempted to make it precise, predictable, and rational.  Think about our three biggest holidays.  [...]

The Second Sunday of Easter ~ April 15, 2012

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Easter Sunday Sermon! ~ April 8, 2012

Gary Hall Christ Church Cranbrook If you live in Michigan, you will agree that we are enjoying a long and beautiful spring this year.  When I lived in Chicago, we used to say that there was no spring there—just an extended battle between winter and summer that summer eventually wins.  These past few weeks around [...]

The Sixth Sunday in Lent ~ April 1, 2012

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The Fifth Sunday in Lent ~ March 25, 2012

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The Fourth Sunday in Lent ~ March 18, 2012

Beth Taylor Numbers 21 (“The Lord sent poisonous serpents”)     Christ Church Cranbrook The mere mention of snakes makes me shudder, and twitch. I’m in good company, apparently, because a recent Gallup poll lists snakes as the number one fear of Americans. 51% of us are afraid of snakes! followed by a fear of speaking in public, [...]

The Third Sunday in Lent ~ March 11, 2012

Gary Hall March 11, 2012 [3 Lent]             Every time we read the Decalogue in church, I can’t help thinking about the way the Ten Commandments have unwittingly become a flash point for the culture wars in American politics. When he came down the mountain with the tablets, could Moses possibly have thought that he [...]