St. George's United Church episodes:

• May 17, 2017Sermon: "Chosen and Precious," May 14, 2017

  "We’ve found a path, and relationships that have brought us face to the

  good, the beautiful, and the true. We’ve discovered that we’ a calling in

  life. Some of us have. Each of us has a calling given by God. To be living

  stones."

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• May 08, 2017Sermon: "Unjust Suffering," May 7, 2017

  "God used Christ’s suffering to bring about healing for all. And if God can

  do that… God can use our suffering to bring about good, too. Even for our

  enemies. In the end, that’s what this text is all about."

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• April 25, 2017Sermon: "Peace Be with You," April 23, 2017

  "Thomas got what everyone else got, a one-on-one with Jesus.  And this is a

  tremendous truth about our faith.  It is about relationship.  It is about

  deep and abiding presence with God.  I can’t have faith based on your

  encounter.  But also, I cannot have an encounter without hearing your

  testimony about experiencing God."

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• April 18, 2017Sermon, "Resurrection in Three Sermons," April 16, 2017

  "Easter is an interesting day for people like me, people who hold

  leadership roles in faith communities. Easter is a day where all sorts of

  different people show up. At so many different places in their lives and

  relationship to faith, to spirituality. It’s a once-or-twice-a-year

  opportunity. So I thought I’d make the most of it, and rather than

  preaching a single sermon for you today, I thought I’d kick it up a notch.

  I figured I’d preach three sermons for you today instead."

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• March 13, 2017Sermon: "Born Again from Above," March 12, 2017

  We all want new life, a new start. And we’ll try just about anything to get

  it. But it isn’t that easy. It requires a restart. Becoming a whole new

  person, being born again from above. It’s not something we can create, not

  something we can strive for or accomplish. No, it’s God’s doing from

  beginning to end, the work of the Holy Spirit that blows where it will.

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• February 21, 2017Sermon, "All Y'all Are God's Temple," February 19, 2017

  "Authentic spirituality is not only personal--it's communal, rooted in

  community."

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• February 05, 2017Sermon: "Knowledge is Power," February 5, 2017

  Like the Corinthians who saw wisdom as a way gain status for themselves,

  and power over others, we live in a culture that sees knowledge as a

  weapon. As a tool for the same.

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• January 15, 2017Sermon: "Room for One More," January 15, 2017

  We can be so naïve about community. Thinking that it’s just a lovely place

  where everyone is always nice and polite to each other, everyone follows

  proper etiquette and procedures. People share the same beliefs and

  political views. That true community is actually doing our best to avoid

  conflict, annoyance, and hypocrisy.

  ...more

  

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• January 15, 2017Sermon: "Room for One More," January 15, 2017

  We can be so naïve about community. Thinking that it’s just a lovely place

  where everyone is always nice and polite to each other, everyone follows

  proper etiquette and procedures. People share the same beliefs and

  political views. That true community is actually doing our best to avoid

  conflict, annoyance, and hypocrisy.

  ...more

  

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• December 12, 2016Sermon: "Fellow Prisoners," December 11, 2016

  Think about it, and you’ll spot yourself through the bars in the prison

  window. Somewhere. Think about it, and you’ll know what that old hymn means

  when is says “O Come O Come, Emmanuel, and ransom captive Israel.” Because

  we are all prisoners of one kind or another. Prisoners of our own

  brokenness, prisoners of the world’s brokenness. Captive. With no obvious

  way out. No way home.

  ...more

  

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