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Sermons and Services

September 15 2024:

Sermon: "We the Sacrament" - Rev. Martin Riekert

Scripture: I Corinthians 13

Link to full service here.

 

September 8 2024:

Sermon: "The Canary" - Rev. Martin Riekert

Scripture: I Corinthians 16:13-18

Link to full service here.

 

September 1 2024:

Sermon: "A Lamp to My Feet and a Light to My Path" - Rev. Martin Riekert

Scripture: Deuteronomy 21:18-21, Ephesians 5:21-24, 6:5-8

Link to full service here.

 

August 25 2024:

Sermon: "Confidence If Not Certainty" - Rev. Jack Soper

Scripture: Mark 5:24-34

Link to full service here.

August 18 2024:

Sermon: "Affirmation and Evolution" - Rev. Martin Riekert

Scripture: Romans 16:1-5b; Galatians 2:11-14

Link to full service here.

 

August 11 2024:

Sermon: "A Mixed Crowd" - Rev. Martin Riekert

Scripture: I Kings 12: 12-19 & Jeremiah 1:1-2

Link to full service here.

 

August 4 2024:

Sermon: "A Fairly Recent Development" - Rev. Martin Riekert

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 2:1-5

Link to full service here.

July 28 2024:

Sermon: "Where to Begin" - Rev. Martin Riekert

Scripture: Genesis 1:26-28a, 31 and Genesis 3:8-13

Link to full service here.

 

July 21 2024:

Sermon: “What Do You Want” - Rev. Jack Soper

Scripture: John 5:1-9

Link to full service here.

 

July 14 2024:

Sermon: “What Are You Groaning About” - Rev. Jack Soper

Scripture: Romans 8:26-27 and 12:1-2

Link to full service here.

July 7 2024:

Sermon: “When We Are Wise, Therefore, We Always Walk Slowly” - Rev. Martin Riekert

Scripture: Mark 12:13-17

Link to full service here.

 

June 30 2024:

Sermon: “It Would Be Wise To Avoid That Word” - Rev. Martin Riekert

Scripture: Matthew 5:17-20

Link to full service here.

June 23 2024:

Sermon: “John Was Under Suspicion- Rev. Martin Riekert

Scripture: John 8:12-20

Link to full service here.

June 16 2024:

INTERGENERATIONAL FAMILY SERVICE

Link to full service here.

June 9 2024:

Sermon: "Remember Your Ancestors..." - Rev. Martin Riekert

Scripture: Genesis 17:1-8

Link to full service here.

 

June 2 2024:

Sermon:  "Therefore We Have to Speak" - Rev. Martin Riekert

Scripture: Deuteronomy 22:5-12, Leviticus 20:6-10, Luke 6:27-36

Link to full service here.

 

May 26 2024:

Sermon: "No One Ever Thanked Me' - Larry Atkins

Scripture: Job 42:1-6

Link to full service here.

 

May 19 2024:

Sermon: "Deep Listening" - Rev. Martin Riekert

Scripture: Acts 2:1-8 and 11-13

Link to full service here.

May 12 2024:

Sermon: "As Yogi Said"

Scripture: Mark 2:18-22 - Rev. Martin Riekert

Link to full service here.

May 5 2024:

Sermon: "Of Course It Matters What We Believe" - Rev. Jack Soper

Scripture: Micah 6:6-8

Link to full service here.

April 28 2024:

Link to full service here.

April 21 2024:

Sermon: "The Productivity  and Personality of God" - Rev. Jack Soper

Scripture: Genesis 9:8-17

Link to full service here.

 

April 14 2024:

Sermon: "More on Maps- Rev. Martin Riekert

Scripture: Luke 14:15-24, Luke 24:28-31

Link to full service here.

 

April 7 2024:

Sermon: "You Will End Up in Pennsylvania" - Rev. Martin Riekert

Scripture: Luke 24:13-35

Link to full service here.

 

EASTER: March 31 2024

Sermon: "That Was Then ... This Is Now" - Rev. Martin Riekert

Scripture: John 20: 1-10

Link to full service here.

March 24 2024:

Sermon: "Judea Capta" - Rev. Martin Riekert

Scripture: John 12:12-19

Link to full service here.

March 17 2024:

Sermon: "Idle Tales" - Rev. Martin Riekert

Scripture: Luke 24:1-12

Link to full service here.

March 10 2024:

Roots of Peace - Rabbi Hanan Schlesinger and Noor A'wad

Scripture: Psalm 133, Isaiah 2:4, Isaiah 11:1-9, Matthew 5:1-9

Link to full service here.

 

March 3 2024:

Sermon: "Raising Cain"- Rev. Jack Soper

Scripture: Isaiah 58:1-12

Link to full service here.

 

February 25 2024:

Sermon: "The Last Word" - Rev. Martin Riekert

Scripture: Mark 16:1-8

Link to full service here.

 

February 18 2024:

Sermon: "Longing for My Beloved Country" - Rev. Martin Riekert

Scripture: Mark 1:12-15

Link to full service here.

 

February 11 2024:

Sermon: "Time to Go" - Rev. Martin Riekert

Scripture: Luke 9:28-36

Link to full service here.

 

February 4 2024:

Sermon: "Healing of the Past" - Rev. Martin Riekert

Scripture: John 4:1-15

Link to full service here.

 

January 28 2024:

Sermon: "Calle and His People" - Rev. Martin Riekert

Scripture: Exodus 19:1-8

Link to full service here.

January 21 2024:

Sermon: "The Salty and Shining Behavior of the Blessed" - Rev. Jack Soper

Scripture: Matthew 5:1-12

Link to full service here.

January 14 2024:

Sermon: "Immediately" - Rev. Jack Soper

Scripture: Matthew 4:18-23 and 7:21

Link to full service here.

 

January 7 2024:

Sermon: "A Lot of Noise" - Rev. Martin Riekert

Scripture: Luke 3:15-22

Link to full service here.

 

December 31 2023:

Sermon: “An Appropriate Yardstick” - Rev. Martin Riekert

Scripture: I Kings 16: 23-28, Matthew 16: 24-27

Link to fill service here.

December 24 2023:

Sermon: "Home Alone" - Rev. Martin Riekert

Scripture: Luke 1: 26-33 and 46-55, Luke 2: 1-20

Link to full service here.

December 17 2023

Sermon: “Sanctus” (or "Benedictus") - Rev. Martin Riekert

Scripture: Luke 1:67-80

Link to full service here.

 

December 10 2023:

Children's Christmas Pageant

Link to full service here.

December 3 2023:

Sermon: “Tear Open the Heavens and Come Down” - Rev. Marti Soper

Scripture: Isaiah 64:1-9

Link to full service here.

 

November 26 2023:

Sermon: “The Time Is Near” - Rev. Martin Riekert

Scripture: Revelation 1:1-8

Link to full service here.

November 19 2023:

Sermon: “Discretion Is Advised” - Rev. Martin Riekert

Scripture: Acts 4:32-5:11

Link to full service here.

 

November 12 2023:

Sermon: “Could It Be The Church?” - Rev. Martin Riekert

Scripture: Luke 17:20-21

Link to full service here.

November 5 2023:

Sermon: “Where Are You?” - Rev. Jack Doper

Scripture: Genesis 2:15-17 and Genesis 3:1-13

Link to full service here.

 

October 29 2023:

Sermon: “Warning To Sensitive Viewers” - Rev. Martin Riekert

Scripture: Jeremiah 31:15-17; Matthew 2:13-18

Link to full service here.

October 22 2023:

Sermon: “Dove of Truth” - Rev. Jack Soper

Scripture: Jonah 3:1-10; 4:1-4

Link to full service here.

 

October 15 2023:

Homily: "Building Bridges" - Larry Atkins

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 13:1-3; Matthew 25:35-40

Link to full service here.

 

October 8 2023:

Sermon: “We Are Extremely Fortunate” - Rev. Martin Riekert

Scripture: Proverbs 30: 32-33; Matthew 5: 21-26

Link to full service here.

October 1 2023:

Sermon: “Bread and Water” - Rev. Martin Riekert

Scripture: Luke 5:27-32 and John 4:1-15

Link to full service here.

 

September 24 2023:

Sermon: "Going Home" - Rev. Martin Riekert

Scripture: Matthew 8:18-22; Luke 4:14-19

Link to full service here.

 

September 17 2023:

Sermon: "The Ark Of The Covenant” - Rev. Martin Riekert

Scripture: Deuteronomy 6:1-9

Link to full service here.

 

September 10 2023:

Sermon: “Coming Home….Going Places” - Rev. Martin Riekert

Scripture: Mark 13: 1-2; Luke 5: 33-37

Link to full service here.

 

September 3 2023:

Sermon: "Missing Church" - Rev. Martin Riekert

Scripture: Acts 2: 43-47

Link to full service here.

August 27 2023:

Discourse: "Church Simplified" - Steve Whelan

Scripture: Matthew 22: 34-40; Luke 15: 20-30; John 4: 11-14

Link to full service here.

 

August 20 2023:

Sermon: "Choose Life" - Rev. Marti Soper

Scripture: Deuteronomy 30: 11-20

Link to full service here.

 

August 13 2023:

Sermon: "In Praise of Persistence" - Rev. Jack Soper

Scripture: Luke 11: 5-8

Link to full service here.

 

August 6 2023:

Sermon: "The Optimism of Radical Love" - Rev. Marti Soper

Scripture: Luke 15: 11-32

Link to full service here.

 

July 30 2023:

Sermon: "The Ice Cold Blob Matters" - Rev. Martin Riekert

Scripture: Jeremiah 29:1, 4-14

Link to full service here.

 

July 23 2023:

Sermon: "There Is Always Something" - Rev. Martin Riekert

Scripture: 1 Kings 16: 24-28, 1 Corinthians 14: 26-37

Link to full service here.

 

July 16 2023:

Sermon: "A Match Made On Earth" - Rev. Martin Riekert

Scripture: Job 38:28-33 & Mark 4:26-29

Link to full service here.

 

July 9 2023:

Sermon: "Talking Jesus- Rev. Martin Riekert

Scripture: Matthew 19: 16-22, Mark 10: 17-22, Luke 10: 25-28

Link to full service here.

July 2 2023:

Sermon: "What Does This Mean?- Rev. Jack Soper

Scripture: Acts 2: 1-12

Link to full service here.

June 25:

Sermon: "The Story Is Not Finished" - Mr. Larry Atkins

Scripture: Luke 15: 11-32

Link to full service here.

 

June 18:

Sermon: "I Will Sing a New Song" - Mr. Larry Atkins

Scripture: Psalm 127 and Luke 24:50-53

Link to full service here.

June 11:

Sermon: "What Do Animals Think?" - Rev. Martin Riekert

Scripture: Job 39: 9-18

Link to full service here.

June 4 2023:

Sermon: "An Imaginative Task" - Rev. Marti Soper

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 5: 16-20

Link to full service here.

 

May 28 2023:

Sermon: "A Damned Bit of Difference" - Rev. Martin Riekert

Scripture: II Samuel 1:17-27

Link to full service here.

 

May 21 2023:

Sermon: "On the Effectiveness of Aluminum Foil Helmets" - Rev. Martin Riekert

Scripture: Ecclesiastes 3:16- 4:3; Matthew 5:27-28, 33-35

Link to full service here.

 

May 14 2023:

Sermon: "I Smell a Rat" - Rev. Martin Riekert

Scripture: Genesis 27: 1-30

Link to full service here.

 

May 7 2023:

Sermon: "Holding onto Faith in a Cynical Age" - Rev. Craig Whitcher

Scripture: John 17: 1-11

Link to full service here.

 

April 30 2023:

Sermon: "Unlike Russian Dolls” - Rev. Martin Riekert

Scripture: Deuteronomy 6: 1-9, Matthew 22: 34-40

Link to full service here.

 

April 23 2023:

Sermon: "Stay With Us" - Rev. Marti Soper

Scripture: Luke 24: 13-35

Link to full service here.

 

April 16 2023:

Sermon: "So, What's Next?" - Rev. Jack Soper

Scripture: John 21: 1-17

Link to fill service here.

 

April 9 2023 (Easter):

Sermon: "Taking Time Out" - Rev. Martin Riekert

Scripture: John 20: 1-10

Link to full service here.

 

April 2 2023:

Sermon: "He Made Sure They Got It" - Rev. Martin Riekert

Scripture: Luke 19:28-40 & 45-48

Link to full service here.

 

March 26 2023:

Sermon: "Unlike Making Sausage" - Rev. Martin Riekert

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 11: 17-34

Link to full service here.

 

March 19 2023:

Sermon: "Wrong Time for a Faulty Water Tank" - Rev. Martin Riekert

Scripture: Matthew 28: 16-20

Link to full service here.

 

March 12 2023:

Sermon: "The Samaritan Woman" - Rev. Dr. David Cleaver-Bartholomew

Scripture: John 4: 5-42

Link to full service here.

 

March 5 2023:

Sermon: "The Present Time" - Rev. Martin Riekert

Scripture: Luke 12: 54-56

Link to full service here.

 

February 26 2023:

Sermon: "A Good Parting" - Rev. Amy Bruch

Scripture: Luke 8: 4-15,

Link to full service here.

 

February 19 2023:

Scripture: Micah 6: 1-8

Link to full service here.

 

February 12 2023:

Sermon: "I Just Couldn't Quit" - Rev. Martin Riekert

Scripture: Mark 6: 6b-13

Link to full service here.

 

February 5 2023:

Sermon: "History Remembered" - Rev. Martin Riekert

Scripture: Matthew 2: 16-18, Matthew 4: 12-17

Link to full service here.

 

January 29 2023:

Sermon: "360" - Rev. Martin Riekert

Scripture: Acts 27: 13-20

Link to full service here.

 

January 22 2023:

Presentation: "Healing the World Resulting from Fear of the Other" - Rev. Martin Riekert

Scripture: Matthew 22: 34-40

Link to full service here.

 

January 15 2023:

Sermon: "Stigma" - Rev. Amy Bruch

Scripture: Luke 8: 40-56

Link to full service here.

 

January 8 2023:

Sermon: "God for All" - Rev. Martin Riekert

Scripture: Matthew 2: 1-15

Link to full service here.

 

January 1 2023:

Sermon: "Carmenere" - Rev. Martin Riekert

Scripture: Mark 2: 18-22

Link to full service here.

 

December 25 2022 - Christmas Day

Sermon: "The Gift" - Larry Atkins

Scripture: Luke 2: 29-40

Link to full service here.

December 24 2022 - Christmas Eve

Link to 5 pm service here.

Link to 10 pm service here.

10 pm sermon: "Making Meaning" - Rev. Martin Riekert

 

December 18 2022:

"A Surprising Christmas Pageant"

Link to full service here.

December 11 2022:

Sermon: “The Power of Anticipation” - Rev. Jack Soper

Scripture: Isaiah 35: 1-6 and Luke 1: 46b-55

Link to full service here.

December 10 2022:

Christmas Concert

Music Director: Jackson Carruthers

Link to full concert here.

 

December 4 2022:

Sermon: "Luke Pushed Them Onto the Stage" - Rev. Martin Riekert

Scripture: Luke 2: 15-20

Link to full service here.

November 27 2022:

Sermon: "A Populist Performative Profession" - Rev. Martin Riekert

Scripture: Matthew 4: 12-17

Link to full service here.

November 20 2022:

Sermon: "Simply Gratitude" - Rev. Martin Riekert

Scripture: 1 Peter 2:1-10

Link to full service here.

 

November 13 2022:

Sermon: "In the Lynn Social Security Office" - Rev. Martin Riekert

Scripture: Deuteronomy 15:7-11, Mark 14:3-9

Link to full service here.

 

November 6 2022:

Sermon: "Suffering Is Human" - Rev. Amy Bruch

Scripture: Philippians 1:21-30 and II Corinthians 12:9-10

Link to full service here.

October 30 2022:

Sermon: "A Missing Word Recovered" - Rev. Jack Soper

Scripture: Romans 8:28

Link to full service here.

October 23 2022:

Sermon: "Commandments for Relationship" - Rev. Amy Bruch

Scripture: Exodus 19:3-7: 20: 1-17

Link to full service here.

 

October 16 2022:

Sermon: "The Common Ground Excluding the Common Good" - Rev. Martin Riekert

Scripture: Galatians 2:11-14

Link to full service here.

 

October 9 2022:

Sermon: "It Should Be Hazy" - Rev. Martin Riekert

Scripture: Matthew 9:14-17

Link to full service here.

 

October 2 2022:

Sermon: "He Left a Table" - Rev. Martin Riekert

Scripture: Matthew 9:9-13, I Corinthians 11:17-26, 33-34

Link to full service here.

 

September 25 2022:

Sermon: "What Are You Doing Here?" - Rev. Martin Riekert

Scripture: I Kings 19:11-15

Link to full service here.

September 18 2022:

Sermon: "My Neighbor's Keeper" - Rev. Amy Bruch

Scripture: Matthew 25:31-40 and Romans 12:1-2 and 9-13

Link to full service here.

 

September 4 2022:

Sermon: "In the Capitol, On Times Square, In the Supreme Court, In ..." - Rev. Martin Riekert

Scripture: Proverbs 1:20-33, Matthew 5:21-26

Link to full service here.

 

August 28 2022:

Sermon: "Only GPS" - Rev. Martin Riekert

Scripture: Matthew 13: 51-53

Link to full service here.

 

August 21 2022:

Sermon: "Aosdana" - Rev. Amy Bruch

Scripture: Jeremiah 6:16a and Hebrews 11:8-16

Link to full service here.

 

August 14 2022:

Sermon: "Burning Faith in a Dry Time" - Rev. Teri Motley

Scripture: Isaiah 5:1-7, Luke 12:49-56

Link to full service here.

 

August 7 2022:

Sermon: "Living the Faith of Christ" - Rev. Jack Soper

Scripture: Galatians 2:15-21, 3:23-29

Link to full service here.

 

July 31 2022:

Sermon: "More Than Yes or No" -Rev. Marti Soper

Scripture: John 3:1-16

Link to full service here:

 

July 24 2022:

Sermon: "Knocking on Heaven's Door" - Rev. Rev. Beth Horne

Scripture: Psalm 138:1-8, Luke 11:1-13

Link to full service here.

 

July 17 2022:

Sermon: "A Midsummer Prescription" - Rev. Amy Bruch

Scripture: Luke 11: 1-13

Link to full service here.

 

July 10 2022:

Sermon: "Jesus Can Make Short People TALL" - Rev. David Woods

Link to full service here.

 

July 3 2022:

Link to full service here.

June 26 2022:

Sermon: "Make me a Blessing" - Rev. Judith Brain

Link to full service here.

 

June 19 2022:

Sermon: "God the Father" - Rev. Judith Brain

Link to full service here.

June 12 2022 (Blessing of the Animals):

Sermon: "Still a Lot to Learn" - Rev. Amy Bruch

Link to full service here.

June 5 2022:

Sermon: "Supper Is Ready" - Rev. Judy Brain

Link to full service here.

May 29 2022:

Sermon: "The Call of the Comma" - Rev. Judy Brain

Link to full service here.

 

May 22 2022:

Sermon: "The Rock Tumbler of Life" - Rev. Amy Bruch

Link to full service here.

 

May 15 2022:

Sermon: "Reaching Out - A Caregiver's Story" - Mr. Larry Atkins

Link to full service here.

 

May 8 2022:

Sermon: "Mothers and the Art of Faith" - Pastor David Woods

Link to full service here.

 

April 24 2022:

Sermon: "Holy Mysteries - Singularity Earthlings and Is-ness" - Rev. Amy Bruch

Link to full service here.

 

April 17 2022 (Easter):

Sermon: "You Should Know the Story By Now" - Rev. Martin Riekert

Link to full service here.

 

April 10 2022:

Sermon: "Amy's Alternative Homily" - Rev. Amy Bruch.

Link to full service here.

 

April 3 2022:

Sermon: "Walking in the Shoes on the Other Feet" - Rev. Martin Riekert

Link to full service here.

 

March 27 2022:

Sermon: "The Runaway Bunny" - Rev. Amy Bruch.

Scripture reading: Luke 15: 1-3, 11b-32

Link to the full service here.

March 20 2022:

Sermon: "Sakura" - Rev. Martin Riekert

Link to full service here.

March 13 2022:

Sermon: "A Ray From On High" - Rev. Martin Riekert

Link to full service here.

March 6 2022:

Sermon: "When Weakness Becomes Power" - Rev. Susan P. Mitchell

Link to full service here.

February 27 2022:

Sermon: "This Blank Canvass" - Rev. Amy Bruch

Link to full service here.

February 20 2022:

Sermon: "Buried in Obscurity" - Rev. Martin Riekert

Link to full service here.

February 13 2022:

Sermon: "Horseradish and Mustard" - Rev. Martin Riekert

Link to full service here.

February 6 2022:

Sermon: "Give Us a Break, Man" - Rev. Martin Riekert

Link to full service here.

January 30 2022:

Sermon: "An Old Dog and New Tricks" - Rev. Martin Riekert

Link to full service here.

Videos of earlier sermons are available here.
 
They are also available on the Town of Topsfield
web site, in Cable Video On Demand here.

06/06/2021:  "Living the Questions" - Martin Riekert

 

05/30/2021:  "The Time of Ignorance" - Martin Riekert

05/23/2021:  "Pentecost Homily" - Martin Riekert

05/09/2021:  "Neither There...Nor There" - Martin Riekert

Scripture passage:  Exodus 33: 7-11

05/02/2021:  "Running Out of Blue Paint"- Martin Riekert

Scripture passage:  Genesis 4: 8-16

 

04/25/2021:  "Unperceived Existence" - Rev. Marilyn Kendrix

Scripture passages:  Isaiah 53: 7-8, 56: 3-5, Acts 8: 26-40

04/18/2021:  "Earth, Air, Water, Fire" - Rev. Amy Bruch

Scripture passages:  Genesis 1: 9; 2: 7, Psalm 23:2, Isaiah 43:2

04/11/2021:  "The Road Untraveled" - Martin Riekert

Scripture Passage:  Matthew 28: 16-20

04/04/2021:  "(N)Ever Given" - Martin Riekert

Scripture Passages:  Luke 9: 12-17, Mark 16: 1-8

03/28/2021:  "Be A Pain.." - Larry Atkins

Scripture Passage:  Matthew 21: 1-11

03/21/2021:  "The Third Thing Learning to Sing" - Rev. Martin Riekert
'Scripture Passage:  Matthew 16: 1-12

03/14/2021:  "The Second Thing" - Rev. Martin Riekert

Scripture Passage:  Matthew 26: 6-11

03/07/2021:  "The First Thing" - Rev. Martin Riekert

Scripture Passages:  Romans 12: 1-3   I Corinthians 13:  4-7, 11

02/28/2021:  "Reset" - Larry Atkins

Scripture Passage:  Exodus 33: 12-16

02/21/2021:  "Repentance and Opportunity - Engaging the Climate Crisis"

Scripture Passage:  Genesis 9: 8-17, Mark 1: 9-15

02/14/2021:  "QAnon" - Rev. Martin Riekert

Scripture Passage:  Revelation 19: 1-10, 21: 1-8

02/07/2021:  "The Grant" - Rev. Martin Riekert

Scripture Passage:  Genesis 32: 22-33:4

01/31/2021:  "Connections" - Larry Atkins

Scripture Passage:  Matthew 4: 1-11

01/24/2021:  "To Light A Candle" - Rev. Martin Riekert

Scripture Passage:  Matthew 5: 13-16, 43-48

01/17/2021:  "A Tale of Two Meals" - Rev. Martin Riekert

Scripture Passage:  Matthew 15: 32-39

A reading from John Crossan's book, The Historical Jesus here.

01/10/2021:  "Epiphany?" - Rev. Martin Riekert

Scripture Passage:  Matthew 2: 1-12

01/03/2021:   "The Woman with the Alabaster Jar" - Rev. Amy Bruch

Scripture Passage:  Mark 14: 3-9

12/13/2020:   "Now You See" - Rev. Martin Riekert

Scripture Passage:  Luke 1: 46-55, 2:28-33, Luke 4: 16-19

12/06/2020:   "Survival of..." - Rev. Martin Riekert

Scripture Passage:  Matthew 10: 34-39

11/29/2020:   "People Get Ready" - Rev. Amy Bruch

Scripture Passages:  I Corinthians 1: 3-9

                                  Mark 13: 24-37

11/22/2020:  "Not Affordable" - Rev. Martin Riekert

Scripture Passage:  Romans 14: 13-23

11/15/2020:   "Eternity and Immediacy" - Rev. Martin Riekert

Scripture Passages:  John 1: 1-5, Mark 1: 14-15

11/08/2020:  "A Way Forward..." - Rev. Martin Riekert

Scripture Passage:  Philippians 2: 1-4

 

10/25/2020:  "The Transformative Power of..." - Rev. Amy Bruch

Scripture Passages:  Jeremiah 29: 1, 4-7  Luke 17: 11-19                   10/18/2020:  "Syrian Sesame" - Rev. Martin Riekert

Scripture Passages:  Ecclesiastes 9: 13-18  Isaiah 61: 1-4

10/11/2020:  "Bunkle Up" - Rev. Martin Riekert

Scripture Passage:  Matthew 7: 24-29

10/04/2020:  "Breaking Bread" - Rev. Martin Riekert

Scripture Passages:  Mark 2: 13-17; I Corinthians 11: 17-26

 

09/27/2020:  "A Search Committee Snow Job" - Rev. Martin Riekert

Scripture Passage:  I Corinthians 7: 2-16

09/20/2020:  "This Being Human Is A Guest House" - Rev. Amy Bruch

Scripture Passages:  2 Kings 4: 8-10    Acts 16:  1-15.

09/13/2020:  "Settled Nomads" - Rev. Martin Riekert

Scripture Passages:  Psalm 90: 1-2, 13-17  Mark 1: 35-39

09/06/2020:  "A Quaint Name" - Rev. Martin Riekert

Scripture Passage:  Matthew 20: 1-16

08/30/2020:   "Easing the Burden" - Rev. Martin Riekert

08/23/2020:   "That Elusive Concept" - Rev. Martin Riekert

08/16/2020:   "On Leaving the Cow Path" - Rev. Amy Bruch

08/09/2020:  "God(s) and Plague" - Rev. Martin Riekert

08/02/2020:  "Interpreting the Present Time"- Rev. Martin Riekert

07/26/2020:  "How To Weed An Onion Bed"- Rev. Martin Riekert

07/19/2020:  "The Family of Things" - Rev. Amy Bruch

07/12/2020:  "Treadmill" - Rev. Martin Riekert

07/05/2020:  "The Second American Republic" - Rev. Martin Riekert

06/28/2020:  "Exceptionalism" - Rev. Martin Riekert

06/21/2020:  "An Idiotic Business Model" - Rev. Martin Riekert

06/14/2020:  "Life In A Peaceful Kindom" - Rev. Amy Bruch

06/07/2020:  "Jerusalem! Washington!" - Rev. Martin Riekert

 

05/31/2020:  "Disruption" - Rev. Martin Riekert

05/24/2020:  "A Bag To Put It All " - Rev. Amy Bruch

05/10/2020:  "Prophet of the Pandemic" - Rev. Martin Riekert

05/03/2020:  "Diversity and Plurality" - Rev. Martin Riekert

04/26/2020:  "Days Like These" - Rev. Martin Riekert

04/19/2020:  "Lemonese" - Rev. Amy Bruch

04/12/2020:  "The Return to Normal" - Rev. Martin Riekert

04/05/2020:  "The Parade Is Essential Business" - Rev. Martin Riekert

03/29/2020:  "In Exile in a Familiar Place" - Rev. Martin Riekert

03/22/2020:  "Sanctuary" - Rev. Amy Bruch

03/08/2020:  "Between $27.63 and Around $1 Million" - Rev. Martin Riekert

03/01/2020:  "A Corona Lent" - Rev. Martin Riekert

02/23/2020:  "Beginning to see the light" - Rev. Rona Tyndall

02/16/2020:  "Everything is connected" - Rev. Amy Bruch

02/09/2020:  "Wrestling with God and with humans" - Rev. Martin Riekert

02/02/2020:  "This Way or The Highway" - Rev. Martin Riekert

 

01/26/2020:  "Ordinary Time" - Rev. Martin Riekert

01/19/2020:  "Work to Do" - Rev. Amy Bruch

01/12/2020:  "Watersheds" - Rev. Martin Riekert

01/05/2020:  "Wise Men?" - Rev. Martin Riekert

 

12/29/2019:  "Stay Awhile" - Rev. Amy Bruch

12/22/2019:  "The Friendly Beasts" - Rev. Martin Riekert

12/08/2019:  "Flock Management 101" - Rev. Martin Riekert

12/01/2019:  "SETI" - Rev. Martin Riekert

 

11/24/2019:  "Blessing:  Anyone Can Do It" - Rev. Amy Bruch

11/17/2019:  "Grace Redux" - Rev. Martin Riekert

11/10/2019:  "Smoke and Medals" - Rev. Martin Riekert

11/03/2019:  "We Better Get This Right" - Rev. Martin Riekert

10/27/2019:  Faithworks 2019 Mission Trip  Reflections- Faithworks leaders

10/13/2019:  "It Takes A Fairbooth" - Rev. Amy Bruch

10/06/2019:  "Carbondale" - Rev. Martin Riekert

 

09/29/2019:  "Making Your Own Sabbath Box" - Rev. Amy Bruch

09/22/2019:  "Good people pay back their debt.  Smart people pay theirs                                  forward"- Larry Atkins

09/15/2019:  "Fairbooth....Meetinghouse" - Rev. Martin Riekert

09/08/2019:  "Closing the Garage Door" - Rev. Martin Riekert

09/01/2019:  "Dream on" - Rev. Martin Riekert

 

08/25/2019:  "Walking the Walk" - Rev. Amy Bruch

08/18/2019:  "The Hope of A Mustard Seed" - Rev. Martin Riekert

08/11/2019:  "The Four Horsemen" - Rev. Martin Riekert

08/04/2019:  "Finding Words To Live By" - Rev. William Main

07/28/2019:  "Living the Big Questions" - Rev. Amy Bruch

07/21/2019:  "The Endgame or An Endgame" - Rasheed Townes

07/14/2019:  "Searching for Sunday" - Rev. Martin Riekert

07/07/2019:  "A Clever Dodge" - Rev. Martin Riekert

06/30/2019:  "The Hands of Hope" - Rev. Martin Riekert

06/23/2019:  "Truth and Reconciliation (and Sometimes Forgiveness)"

                                                                                            Rev. Martin Riekert

06/16/2019:  "The Road Not (Yet) Travelled" - Rev. Martin Riekert

06/09/2019:  "It's In Our Hands" - Rev. Amy Bruch

06/02/2019:  "A.M.D.G." - Rev. Martin Riekert

05/26/2019:  "No One Ever Thanked Me" - Larry Atkins

05/19/2019:  "We Believe in Mystery" - Rev. Amy Bruch

05/12/2019:  "The Teaching of King Lemuel's Mother and "Ode To A Capable

                      Wife" - Rev. Martin Riekert

05/05/2019:  "These Three Things Abide" - Rev. Martin Riekert

 

04/28/2019:  "The Road To Everywhere" - Rev. Martin Riekert

04/21/2019:  "Then the Disciples Returned to their Homes" -

                                                                                            Rev. Martin Riekert

04/14/2019:  "A Donkey, the Temple, and the Fig Tree"

04/07/2019:  "We Eat Together" - Rev. Amy Bruch

03/31/2019:  "Are Their Limits and Boundaries To Moral Behavior" -

                                                                                            Rev. Martin Riekert

03/24/2019:  "The Paradoxical Commandments" - Rev. Amy Bruch

03/17/2019:  "Without Condition...On the Following Conditions"

                                                                                          Rev. Martin Riekert

03/10/2019:  "Dust and Such Matters" - Rev. Martin Riekert

03/03/2019:  "Some Things to Take on Our Spaceship" - Rev. Amy Bruch

 

2/24/2019:  "Peto's Paradox" - Rev. Martin Riekert

2/17/2019:  "Heroes" - Rasheed Townes

2/10/2019:  "After We Are Gone" - Rev. Martin Riekert

2/03/2019:  "The Consequences of Scripture" - Rev. Martin Riekert

1/27/2019:  "It's Just Church" - Rev. Martin Riekert

1/20/2019:  "Completely Uncredentialed and Without Pedigree" -

                                                                                                Rev. Amy Bruch

1/13/2019:  "The Work of Our Hands" - Rev. Martin Riekert

1/06/2019:  "Chalk On Doors" - Rev. Martin Riekert

 

12/30/2018: "Preach the Gospel At All Times and If Necessary Use Words"-

                                                                                                       Larry Atkins

12/23/2018: "Spiraling Out of Control"  - Rev. Martin Riekert

12/09/2018: "Passing of the Peace" - Rev. Martin Riekert

12/02/2018: "Silence" - Rev. Amy Bruch

11/25/2018: "The Stories We Tell" - Rev. Martin Riekert

11/18/2018: "This Blessedness" - Rev. Martin Riekert

11/11/2018: "America The Beautiful" - Rev. Martin Riekert

11/04/2018: "Words From Afar": - Rev. Martin Riekert

10/21/2018: "We Keep You In Our Prayers": - Rev. Martin Riekert

10/14/2018: "The Hawk Just Sat There": - Rev. Martin Riekert

10/07/2018:  "Living in Community": - Rev. Amy Bruch

09/30/2018:  "The Narrow Ridge": - Rev. Martin Riekert

09/23/2018:  "Investing In God's Mission": - Rev. Dr. Jonathan New

09/16/2018:  "Won't You Be My Neighbor?": - Rev. Amy Bruch

09/02/2018:  "The More Things Change.": - Rev. Martin Riekert

 

08/26/2018:  "To Paint an Office": - Rev. Martin Riekert

08/19/2018:  "CCT Seed Vault": - Rev. Amy Bruch

08/12/2018:  "Deep Blue" - Rev. Martin Riekert

 

07/29/2018:  "How We Lost The Sky" - Rev. Martin Riekert

07/22/2018:  "Illumination" - Rev. Amy Bruch

07/15/2018:  "Jesus OnThe Border" - Rev. Roger A. Lier

07/08/2018:  "Some Things You Can Fix and Some Things You Cannot Fix"-

                                                                                                Larry Atkins

07/01/2018:  "Holding It Together Redux" - Rev. Martin Riekert

06/24/2018:  "Holding It Together" - Rev. Martin Riekert

06/17/2018:  "Nunuku's Law"  - Rev. Martin Riekert

06/03/2018:  "There Is No Such Question" - Rev. Martin Riekert

 

05/27/2018:  "You Can't Get There From Here" - Rev. Martin Riekert

05/20/2018:  "Developing Superpowers" - Rev. Amy Bruch

05/06/2018:  "I Appeal To You To Be Conformed To This World" -

                                                                                            Rev. Martin Riekert

04.29.2018:  "The Zebra Man" - Rev. Martin Riekert

04/22/2018:  "Let Us Sing" - Rev. Martin Riekert

04/15/2018:  "Going It Alone" - Dr. T. Richard Snyder

04/08/2018:   "How Can You Not Get That" - Rev. Martin Riekert

04/01/2018:  "Eating Alone" - Rev. Martin Riekert

 

03/25/2018:  "Looking Beyond, Seeing Underneath" - Rev. Martin Riekert

03/11/2018:  "Korban" - Rev. Martin Riekert

03/04/2018:  "Holding Eastern Goutha while Celebrating Heat Pads" -

                                                                                            Rev. Martin Riekert

02/25/2018:  "Perpetual Euphoria" - Rev. Martin Riekert

02/18/2018:  "Do You See the Problem" - Rev. Donald Remick

02/11/2018: "A Sausage of Angel and Beast" - Larry Atkin

02/04/2018:  "Feasting Like Disciples" - Rev. Amy Bruch

01/28/2018:   "FEMA and Beyond" - Rev. Martin Riekert

01/21/2018: "Falling Together" - Rev. Amy Bruch

01/14/2018:  "Not through the Telescope" - Rev. Martin Riekert

01/07/2018:  "Epiphany...and then?" - Rev. Martin Riekert

12/31/2017:  "Christmas Spirit?" - Larry Atkins

12/24/2017:  "Signs Tell the Story" - Rev. Amy Bruch

12/10/2017:  "Meatless Meatballs, Sneetches, and other Stories" -

                                                                                          Rev. Amy Bruch

12/03/2017:  "The Killing Fields" - Rev. Martin Riekert

 

11/26/2017:  "An Epistle of Straw" - Rev. Martin Riekert

11/19/2017:  "Deacons Stewardship Moment" - Mike Ierardi

11/19/2017:  "The Trick Is To Look Down" - Rev. Martin Riekert

11/12/2017:  "What Would A Good Day Look Like" - Rev. Amy Bruch

11/05/2017:  "Voices in the Dark" - Rev. Martin Riekert

10/29/2017:  "Mission Trip Reflections" - Members of the Mission Trip

10/22/2017:  "Politics,Sausage and Church" - Rev. Martin Riekert

10/15/2017:  "The Lion Has Roared" - Rev. Amy Bruch

10/08/2017:  "Groundhog Day" - Rev. Martin Riekert

10/01/2017:  "Rebel with a cause" - Rev. Martin Riekert

09/24/2017:  "Filling it in" - Rev. Martin Riekert

09/17/2017:  "Finding a balance" - Rev. Amy Bruch

09/03/2017:  "Perspectives on display"-Rev. Martin Riekert

08/27/2017:  "I Sing Behind the Plow" - Rev. Amy Bruch

08/20/2017:  "The Question" - Rev. Martin Riekert

08/13/2017:  "The Trajectory of Planet Nibiru" - Rev. Martin Riekert

08/06/2017:  "Legato" - Rev. Martin Riekert

07/30/2017:  "How We Die" - Rev. Martin Riekert

07/23/2017:  "What is Truth" - Rev. Amy Bruch

07/16/2017"A weird assessment" - Rev. Martin Riekert

07/09/2017:  "When Mukurob Fell..." - Rev. Martin Riekert

07/02/2017:  "Nothing against lepers but..." - Rev. Martin Riekert

06/25/2017:  "The More Things Change..." - Rev. Martin Riekert

06/18/2017: "Aha Moments" - Rev. Amy Bruch

06/04/2017:  "Unbearable mundaneness" - Rev. Martin Riekert

05/28/2017: "He prepares me for war..." - Rev. Martin Riekert

05/21/2017: "They're Telling Us- Are We Listening" -Rev. Amy Bruch

05/14/2017: "Holy Encounters Mary Elizabeth and Other Beloved"

                                                                                             - Rev. Amy Bruch

05/07/2017: "Faith: Understanding Verses Knowing" - Rev. William Main

04/30/2017: "Waiting for the knock on the door" - Rev. Martin Riekert

04/23/2017: "When in Rome..."  - Rev. Martin Riekert

04/16/2017: "After Three Endings Perhaps a New Beginning"

                                                                                        - Rev. Martin Riekert

04/09/2017: "The triumphant entry" - Rev. Martin Riekert

04/02/2017: "On the fast track" - Rev. Martin Riekert

03/26/2017: "Orchestra" -  Rev. Amy Bruch

03/19/2017: "It is what it is" - Rev. Martin Riekert

03/12/2017: "The Missouri Doctrine" - Rev. Martin Riekert

03/05/2017: "Nimble giants"  - Rev. Martin Riekert

02/26/2017: "Been there done that" - Rev. Martin Riekert

02/19/2017: "One way" - Rev. Martin Riekert

02/12/2017: "Why do it?"- Rev. Martin Riekert

02/05/2017: "Mysteries, Yes"- Rev. Amy Bruch

01/29/2017: "Seeing and Looking"- Rev. Martin Riekert

01/22/2017: "Everything and the Only Thing"- Rev. Martin Riekert

01/15/2017: "An Untimely Death and that Second Death"- Rev. Martin Riekert

01/08/2017: "The Mission"- Rev. Martin Riekert

01/01/2017: Act III:  "Grace and Authenticity"-Rev. Amy Bruch

12/11/2016:  A Shortage of Angels- Rev. Martin Riekert

11/20/2016:  Act II:  We Were Made for Times Like These- Rev. Amy Bruch

11/13/2016:  When the fog clears- Rev. Martin Riekert

10/2/2016:   Act I:  Wrestling- Rev. Amy Bruch

06/19/2016:  Rights of Passing - Rev. Martin Riekert

02/08/2015: The Passion and Politics of Islam- Raheel Raza

02/02/2014: The Curse of Unity? - Rev. Martin Riekert

09/29/2013: A Willingness to Look at Nothing- Rev. Martin Riekert

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