Sermons

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The Seventh Sunday of Easter ~ May 12, 2013

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The Sixth Sunday of Easter ~ May 5, 2013

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The Fifth Sunday of Easter ~ April 28, 2013

The Rev. Beth Taylor Homily for Rite 13 Liturgy Psalm 139 What are the young people in your life teaching you? Today we particularly celebrate our young people, specifically those who are at a unique juncture in their lives, as they move from our perception of them as beloved, treasured ‘children’ to our public recognition that they now walk on their own journey [...]

The Fourth Sunday of Easter ~ April 21, 2013

The Reverend Ronald D. Pogue The Twenty-Third Psalm is one of the most well known chapters in the Bible. Countless people have memorized it, usually in the King James Version. Many of us recall Sunday-school posters of this favorite psalm superimposed on beautiful painted pictures of Jesus on a grassy hillside, with a lamb over [...]

The Third Sunday of Easter ~ April 14, 2013

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Easter Day ~ March 31, 2013

The Reverend Ronald D. Pogue Throughout the Lenten season we have had teaching and conversations about five practices that promote fruitfulness in Christian congregations: Radical Hospitality, Passionate Worship, Intentional Faith Formation, Risk-Taking Service and Mission, and Extravagant Generosity.  During the Great Fifty Days of Easter, we’ll have Holy Conversations that will provide opportunities to share [...]

Palm Sunday ~ March 24, 2013

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The Fifth Sunday in Lent ~ March 17, 2013

The Reverend Ronald D. Pogue Occasionally, someone will approach me with a theological question.  And it is always surprising to me when someone asks me a question about free will.  It is not a topic that occupies the thoughts or theologies of most people any more. Perhaps that is because people so freely exercise their [...]

The Fourth Sunday in Lent ~ March 10, 2013

Sermon: 3/10  – Lent 4, Year C                                                                               Beth Taylor Prodigal Son, Prodigal God, Prodigal Church: Luke 15                                            Christ Church Cranbrook Lost. Found. Lost. Found. Lost. Found. In this section of our Bible, Jesus tells three memorable stories — right in a row  – about that which is Lost being Found. First, the story of [...]

The Third Sunday in Lent ~ March 3, 2013

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