Archive (Sermons)

Life is Good

Category: Ordinary Time / Speaker: Rev Bob Stillerman
August 14, 2020

Life is Good Bob Stillerman Proper 15, Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost, 8/16/2020 Psalm 133 Life is Good Psalm 133 8-16-2020 A lot of times, worship at Sardis is hypoallergenic. That is to say, our sense...

Reality Check

Category: Ordinary Time / Speaker: Rev Tillie Duncan
August 09, 2020

Reality Check Tillie Duncan Proper 14, Tenth Sunday after Pentecost, 8-9-2020 1 Kings 19:9-18 Reality Check Tillie 8-9-2020 Turn on TV during a news hour or click Covid updates on your computer, and you will...

Take It and Break It

Category: Ordinary Time / Speaker: Rev Bob Stillerman
July 31, 2020

Take It and Break It Bob Stillerman Proper 13, Ninth Sunday after Pentecost, 8/2/2020 Matthew 14:13-21 Take It and Break It Matthew 14.13-21 8-2-2020  Kingdom. Order. Realm. Existence. Gravitational force. Reality. We’ve spent several weeks...

Kingdom Stuff

Category: Ordinary Time / Speaker: Rev Bob Stillerman
July 24, 2020

Kingdom Stuff Bob Stillerman Proper 12, Eighth Sunday after Pentecost, 7/26/2020 Matthew 13:31-33, 44-52 Kingdom Stuff Matthew 13.31-33 and 44-52 7-26-2020 If you wanted to farm a field, or plant a garden, and have that...

Violets

Category: Ordinary Time / Speaker: Rev Bob Stillerman
July 18, 2020

Violets Bob Stillerman Proper 11, Seventh Sunday after Pentecost, 7/19/2020 Matthew 13:24-43 Violets Matthew 13.24-43 7-19-2020 Clarence Jordan once wrote, “God is not a celestial prison warden jangling the keys on a bunch of lifers....

Sower. Seeds. Soil.

Category: Ordinary Time / Speaker: Rev Bob Stillerman
July 10, 2020

Sower. Seeds. Soil. Bob Stillerman Proper 10, Sixth Sunday after Pentecost, 7/12/2020 Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23 Sower. Seeds. Soil. Matthew 13.1-9 18-23 7-12-2020 There was a sower, and there were seeds, and there was soil. I’m...

Independence Day

Category: Ordinary Time / Speaker: Rev Bob Stillerman
July 03, 2020

Independence Day Bob Stillerman Proper 9, Fifth Sunday after Pentecost, 7/5/2020 Matthew 11:16-19, 25-30 Independence Day Matthew 11.16-19, 25-30 7-5-2020 Caesar’s world teaches us to zig, when God’s world asks us to zag. Caesar’s world...

Let’s Pack a Cooler

Category: Ordinary Time / Speaker: Rev Bob Stillerman
June 27, 2020

Let’s Pack a Cooler Bob Stillerman Proper 8, Fourth Sunday after Pentecost, 6/28/2020 Matthew 10:40-42 “Whoever welcomes you welcomes me, and whoever welcomes me welcomes the one who sent me. Whoever welcomes a prophet in...