Archive (Sermons)

Knees Knocking

Category: Resurrection Sunday / Speaker: Rev Bob Stillerman
April 08, 2023

Knees Knocking Bob Stillerman Easter Sunday, 4/9/2023 Mark 16:1-8 Knees Knocking Mark 16.1-8 4-9-2023 Mary, and Mary, and Salome rise early in the morning, though morning is a generous term. Is it really morning in...

Good News

Category: Palm Sunday / Speaker: Rev Bob Stillerman
April 01, 2023

Good News Bob Stillerman Palm Sunday, 4/2/2023 Mark 11:1-11 Good News Mark 11.1-11 4-2-2023 When I was coming along, my English teachers hammered home a simple point about the writing of paragraphs and essays: tell...

The Other Side of the Lake

Category: Lent / Speaker: Rev Bob Stillerman
March 24, 2023

The Other Side of the Lake Bob Stillerman Fifth Sunday of Lent, 3/26/2023 Mark 8:1-10 The Other Side of the Lake Mark 8.1-10 3-26-2023 Did you know that there’s another side of the lake? Did...

Hearing and Speaking

Category: Lent / Speaker: Rev Bob Stillerman
March 17, 2023

Hearing and Speaking Bob Stillerman Fourth Sunday of Lent, 3/19/2023 Mark 7:31-37 Hearing and Speaking Mark 7.31-37 3-19-2023 As we think about this morning’s text, I want to briefly explore three themes: 1) The relationship...

New Possibilities

Category: Lent / Speaker: Rev Bob Stillerman
March 04, 2023

New Possibilities Bob Stillerman Second Sunday of Lent, 3/5/2023 Mark 7:24-30 New Possibilities Mark 7.24-30 3-5-2023 Let me start by offering two phrases for us to consider this morning: Scope of Work and Power of...

Stepping with Heart and Mind

Category: Lent / Speaker: Rev Bob Stillerman
February 26, 2023

Stepping with Heart and Mind Bob Stillerman First Sunday of Lent, 2/26/2023 Mark 6:45-52 Stepping with Heart and Mind Mark 6.45-52 2-26-2023 For me, this morning’s text recalls two things: a story and a tension....

Elevated Change

Category: Transfiguration Sunday / Speaker: Rev Bob Stillerman
February 19, 2023

Elevated Change Bob Stillerman Transfiguration Sunday, 2/19/2023 Matthew 17:1-9 Elevated Change Matt 17.1-9 2-19-2023   This morning, in Matthew’s Gospel, we meet Jesus, Peter, James, and John as they climb a high mountain. It’s a...

Lively

Category: Epiphany / Speaker: Rev Bob Stillerman
February 10, 2023

Lively Bob Stillerman Sixth Sunday of Epiphany, 2/12/2023 Deuteronomy 30:15-20 Lively Deut 30.15-20 2-12-2023 Several years ago, we engaged this morning’s text from Deuteronomy, and I found a few words from a past sermon that...