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Posted in Sermon Archives, Worship | No Comments »December 9, 2018 Peg Weissbrod
As many of you know, several weeks ago my email contact list was hacked and many of you received a message– purportedly from me – saying that I needed you to buy me an iTunes card for someone else. The message added: I had wanted to call you but my phone didn’t work so if you would just open the email link and give your credit card number then all would be good. The email even had a bible verse at the conclusion to indicate my bona fides “good faith.” Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Sermon Archives, Worship | No Comments »December 2, 2018 Peg Weissbrod
A person is talking to God, and asks “God, how long is a million years?”
God answers, “To me, it’s about a minute.”
“God, how much is a million dollars?”
God says, “To me, it’s a penny.”
Person says, “God, may I have a penny?”
God says, “Wait a minute.”
November 26, 2018 Peg Weissbrod
I hope you all had a Happy Thanksgiving! The Thanksgiving table is a place where I experience the kingdom of God.The whole Lentz family was with us….Some of the leftovers are still here. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Christ the King, gratitude, John 18: 33-37, Kingdom of God, thanksgivingNovember 18, 2018 Peg Weissbrod
Thirty years ago, I led a youth group mission trip to Washington D.C. We spent the days in neighborhoods of such poverty, blight and segregation that it was comparable to being in Haiti. But in D.C. these neighborhoods were no more than a mile away from the Capitol building where Congress determined where the money went. And, these streets are not really very far from Embassy Row with its mansions and clubs that catered to those of wealth and power. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: #MeToo, 1 Samuel 2: 1-10, Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Czeslaw Milosz, defiance, Gabriel Marcel, Hannah, Hebrews 10: 23-25, hope, I Am A Man, Mark 13: 1-8, Mirtri Raheb, optimism, William Carlos WilliamsNovember 11, 2018 Peg Weissbrod
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Posted in Sermon Archives, Worship | No Comments »November 4, 2018 Peg Weissbrod
One of my favorite scenes in all of cinema comes from the animated movie Inside Out. If you haven’t seen it, it takes place in the mind of an eleven-year-old girl named Riley. The main characters are Riley’s emotions. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: active love, Ada Maria Isasí-Díaz, grief, Inside Out movie, John 11, listening, Mi familia de Dios, mourning, Presbyterian Church’s Young Adult Volunteers, Ruth 1, solidarity, stories, the immigrant, the orphan, the outsider, the widowOctober 28, 2018 Peg Weissbrod
Did you see that picture of the one house that withstood Hurricane Michael? There was a house built on sand and on a foundation that could withstand that storm – everything else was flattened. That is the PERFECT image for this passage. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: core muscles of faith, forgiveness, generosity, hospitality, Matthew 7, no vengeance, pledging, Reformation, Walter BrueggemannOctober 22, 2018 Peg Weissbrod
The day after I gave my first sermon as a church intern, I went sky-diving. I found jumping out of an airplane to be a lot easier than walking into a pulpit. So, will you please pray with me… Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: 2pac, courage, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, Esther, fear, Freeman Hrabowski, Khalil, Mordecai, star, Starr, The Hate U Give, witness
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