Archive (Sermons)

Pocket Change

Category: Ordinary Time / Speaker: Rev Bob Stillerman
October 16, 2020

Pocket Change Bob Stillerman Proper 24. Pentecost 20, 10-18-2020 Matthew 22:15-22 Pocket Change Every morning, when I wake up, I gladly accept the breath that God has given me. I roll over, and see a...

IDOL-ing

Category: Ordinary Time / Speaker: Rev Bob Stillerman
October 09, 2020

IDOL-ing Bob Stillerman Proper 23. Pentecost 19, 10-11-2020 Exodus 32:1-14 IDOL-ing Exdous 32.1-14 10-11-2020 The salvific quality of the Exodus story – the thing that offers each of us rescue, and reassurance, and newfound freedom...

Words for the Table

Category: World Communion Sunday / Speaker: Rev Bob Stillerman
October 02, 2020

WORDS FOR THE TABLE Bob Stillerman World Communion Sunday, 10/4/2020 Psalm 19 Words for the Table Psalm 19 10-4-2020 In this morning’s text, the Psalmist reminds us that nature needs no instruction in modeling God’s...

Authority to be Enough

Category: Ordinary Time / Speaker: Rev Bob Stillerman
September 25, 2020

Authority to be Enough Bob Stillerman Proper 21, Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost, 9-27-2020 Matthew 21:23-32 Authority to be Enough Matthew 21.23-32 9-27-2020 One Spring day, Jesus strode into the Jerusalem Temple, and he was distraught...

Space for What’s Next

Category: Ordinary Time / Speaker: Rev Bob Stillerman
September 12, 2020

Space for What’s Next Bob Stillerman Proper 19, Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost, 9-13-2020 Exodus 14:19-31 Space for Whats Next Exodus 14.19-31 9-13-2020 Imagine you had been enslaved for more than four-hundred years: forced to labor...

Longing for God’s Law

Category: Ordinary Time / Speaker: Rev Bob Stillerman
September 04, 2020

Longing for God’s Law Bob Stillerman Proper 18, Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost, 9/6/2020 Psalm 119:33-40 Longing for Gods Law This week, the Miami Heat won a crucial playoff game against the Milwaukee Bucks on a...

Abundance not Scarcity

Category: Ordinary Time / Speaker: Rev Bob Stillerman
August 29, 2020

Abundance not Scarcity Bob Stillerman Proper 17, Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost, 8/30/2020 Romans 12:9-21 Abundance not Scarcity From the earliest days, rulers have used the threat of scarcity to maintain their powers. Pharaoh claimed he...

Resourceful People

Category: Ordinary Time / Speaker: Rev Bob Stillerman
August 21, 2020

Resourceful People Bob Stillerman Proper 16, Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost, 8-23-2020 Matthew 16:13-20 Resourceful People Matthew 16.13-20 8-23-2020 Last week, we read a Psalm that mentioned Mt. Hermon, a large peak that rises above the...