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Building a Nest
Building a Nest Bob Stillerman Advent One: Hope; 11-29-2020 Luke 1:39-46 Building a Nest Luke 1.39-46 11-29-2020 This past summer, I saw a mama box turtle clearing gravel from a walking path to make safe...
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Joy Blooms in a Cactus
Joy Blooms in a Cactus A Sermon for Sardis Baptist Church Bob Stillerman Isaiah 35:1-10 12-15-2019 Joy Blooms in a Cactus Isaiah 35.1-10 12-15-2019 Admittedly, the front lawn of my home could look better. But...
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Interdependence
Interdependence A Sermon for Sardis Baptist Church Bob Stillerman Isaiah 11:1-10 12/8/2019, Second Sunday of Advent Interdependence Isaiah 11.1-10 12-8-2019 King Ahaz, what have you done, dude?!? That’s not a deal you wanna make. Ever....
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Stargazing
Stargazing A Sermon for Sardis Baptist Church Bob Stillerman Isaiah 2:1-5 12/1/2019, First Sunday of Advent Star Gazing Isaiah 2.1-5 12-1-2019 Some twenty-eight hundred years ago, the prophet Isaiah gazed upon a night sky, not...
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Grateful
GRATEFUL Tillie Duncan Luke 1:39-50 Dec. 23, 2018 GRATEFUL (1) I’m reading Tim Conway’s memoir, What’s So Funny? As a high school student, he played football in spite of his small stature. One evening he...
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Homily: Debbie Kidd, December 23, 2018
Dec 23 Sardis – Single (2) Sardis – December 23 During this time at Sardis where we have wanted to hear from ‘different voices’ this Christmas season, I am taking a bit of a different...
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Do This With Joy
12.16.2018 Lk 3 7_18_ Phil 4 4_7 (1) I think of all the church seasons, Advent is my favorite. Advent has a mood about it that appeals to me as I’ve gotten older, lived more,...
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Bring Forth Peace
Homily Advent December 9 2018 (1) Bring Forth Peace Rev. Amanda Lewis Malachi 3:1-4 Our text from Malachi this morning is a snippet of dialogue arranged as though between God and the people, with this...
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I Will Send My Messenger
I Will Send My Messenger I Will Send My Messenger Becky Proctor Malachi 3:1-4 I have a recurring dream that causes me to wake in a panic whenever it visits me. It comes in...
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Recognizing God’s God’s Presence
Luke 21-25 to 36 homily KHK Recognizing God’s Presence Kathryn Kreutzer Luke 21:25-36 Why this lectionary text on the 1st Sunday of Advent? I thought Advent was a time to talk about Mary, Joseph, the...