Take Off Your Shoes Sermon Podcast By Marie Duquette

We listen to Jesus tell five more parables in the 13th chapter of Matthew. We hear what the kingdom of God is like and how it doesn't fit neatly into our expectations. It is both more disruptive and more precious than we can imagine.



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In the 13th chapter of Matthew, Jesus tells the parable of weeds sowed among wheat. How does delegating to the angels the work of separating wheat and weeds free us to thrive?

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In the 13th chapter of Matthew, Jesus tells the parable of the sower. In this story, we encounter challenges to hearing and acting on the word of God -- thorns choking the seeds of hope. Gabriel Sherrill looks to the 13th chapter of 1st Corinthians for wisdom on how love can overcome the greatest challenges and restore our hope.


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Guest preacher Rev. Roland Schaedig offers a meditation on disaster and lament. Will our hope hold in dire circumstances? In the book of Lamentations, we encounter deep grief expressed in vivid language. In the 5th chapter of Mark and in our lives today, we encounter an echo of this grief. We also encounter the unlikely hope of two people reaching out to Jesus and how that hope did not disappoint.


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In the 10th chapter of Matthew, Jesus tells his disciples to proclaim from the rooftops what they hear whispered. What things in our lives are whispered out of fear? In listening to one another, Jesus offers a transformative path for the faithful to learn and to grow.

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In the 9th and 10th chapters of Matthew we hear Jesus react with compassion to the crowd, organize his disciples, and commission them to do the work of the "harvest", sending them with a warning as to the response they will receive. This commission speaks to the challenging work of following Jesus' example, setting aside our own power and being transformed by listening to those around us.


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On Trinity Sunday, we reflect on the mysterious expression of the Holy Trinity - a way of understanding the expressions of God standing in singular purpose. We too are called to love one another and embody mutual concern for justice, standing with one another because it is the right thing to do. 

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Wind, fire, passion, conviction -- as disciples of Jesus, we are called to stand in solidarity with those who suffer and understand our common connections. We listen. We see. We witness to what we have seen and heard.

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In today's Gospel reading (John 16:31-33, John 17:1-26), Jesus prays for his disciples to bring about unity through their love for one another. We are challenged in this time of Covid 19 to consider how we can better enact this vision for all humanity.

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Pastor Marie shares words for the Class of 2020 upon their graduation, a class united in a unique way with peers all over the country. In today's Gospel reading, Jesus says that we all will need an advocate -- the Holy Spirit -- to accompany us as we go forward in life, enabling us to step into the future with passion and hope.

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readings for the Sixth Sunday of Easter:
Acts 17:22-31
1 Peter 3:13-22
John 14:15-21