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Exodus, Exile, and Newness

Speaker: Rev Bob Stillerman
April 01, 2022

Exodus, Exile, and Newness Bob Stillerman Fifth Sunday of Lent, 4/3/2022 Isaiah 43:16-21 Exodus Exile and Newness Isaiah 43.16-21 4-3-2022 The writer of Second Isaiah, positioned amid Babylonian exile, remembers the Exodus. God made space...

Meeting the Text Today

Category: Lent / Speaker: Rev Bob Stillerman
March 25, 2022

Meeting the Text Today Bob Stillerman Fourth Sunday of Lent, 3/27/2022 Joshua 5:9-12 Meeting the Text Today Joshua 5,9-12 3-27-2022 I have often told this congregation that I understand salvation as space. God gives each...

Bring Us Some Figgy Pudding (Right Now!)

Category: Lent / Speaker: Rev Bob Stillerman
March 18, 2022

Bring Me Some Figgy Pudding! Bob Stillerman Third Sunday of Lent, 3/6/2022 Luke 13:1-9 Bring Me Some Figgy Pudding Luke 13.1-9 3-20-2022 A political leader, intent on securing power, uses an act of terror to...

In the Land of the Living

Category: Lent / Speaker: Rev Bob Stillerman
March 11, 2022

In the Land of the Living Bob Stillerman Second Sunday of Lent, 3/13/2022 Psalm 27 In the Land of the Living Psalm 27 3-13-2022 A few notes about our psalm. Let’s remember the central role...

Devilish Details

Category: Lent / Speaker: Rev Bob Stillerman
March 04, 2022

Devilish Details Bob Stillerman First Sunday of Lent, 3/6/2022 Luke 4:1-13 Devilish Details Luke 4.1-13 3-6-2022 They say the devil is in the details. This morning’s text is not about red devils, or blue devils,...

A More Accessible Transfiguration

Speaker: Rev Bob Stillerman
February 25, 2022

A More Accessible Transfiguration Bob Stillerman Transfiguration Sunday, 2/27/2022 2 Corinthians 3:12-4:2 A More Accessible Transfiguration 2 Cor 3.12-4.2 2-27-2022 In Exodus, God’s presence among the Israelites is always accompanied by a supernatural sense of...

When Trees Tap-dance

Category: Epiphany / Speaker: Rev Bob Stillerman
February 18, 2022

When Trees Tap-dance Bob Stillerman Seventh Sunday After Epiphany, 2-20-2022 Luke 6:27-38 When Trees Tapdance Luke 6.27-38 2-17-2022 It’s tax season! Or at least it’s tax season for those of us who don’t want to...

I AM. Right Now.

Category: Epiphany / Speaker: Rev Bob Stillerman
February 12, 2022

I AM. Right Now. Bob Stillerman Sixth Sunday After Epiphany, 2-6-2022 Luke 6:17-26 I AM Right Now Luke 6.17-26 2-13-2022 Years ago, I read a poem by Helen Mallicoat entitled I AM. From time to...