January 3, 2016 Peg Weissbrod
Happy New Year! This afternoon I shall turn on the television, watch the Steelers beat the Browns, and remove the ornaments from the tree, then the lights, and take the tree (which was one of the better ones we have ever had) to the tree lawn, where it will sit until Wednesday when it gets picked up for trash. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: beloved, beloved children of God, choice, Christmas, Ephesians 1, incarnation, January, John 1, New Year, star, tension, WH AudenDecember 27, 2015 Peg Weissbrod
Today we heard the bible story about Jesus in the temple. It’s the story you can find in picture form on the front of your bulletin. I hope you feel free to continue coloring throughout my sermon while I’m talking–I won’t be offended. This story tells us about when Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Sermon Archives, Worship | No Comments »December 25, 2015 Peg Weissbrod
Back in the early 70s when I was a teenager my friends and I loved to get dropped off at Tyson Corner mall. It was one of the fist mega-malls. You had to go there to do your Christmas shopping. I will admit to you tonight, that one of my favorite stores at the mall was the sort-of-naughty Spencer’s. Is Spencer’s even still in business? Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Christmas, defiance, hopeDecember 20, 2015 Peg Weissbrod
December 13, 2015 Peg Weissbrod
John the Baptist doesn’t mess around, does he? Eugene Peterson paraphrases John’s remarks this way: “What do you think you’re doing slithering down here to the river? Do you think a little water on your snake skin is going to deflect God’s judgment?” Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Sermon Archives, Worship | No Comments »December 6, 2015 Peg Weissbrod
I come to the task of preaching this morning with a heavy heart. And I want to acknowledge that, because I imagine that you, too, have strong feelings about the violence and chaos that are being unleashed on the world at a terrifying pace. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: advent, expectations, food pantry, God's ways, history, justice, Labre, Luke 3, prepare, relationships, repentance, terrorismNovember 29, 2015 Peg Weissbrod
Preparations for Christmas begin every year at this time. The season is called Advent, which means Coming. During this season we are to wait and watch and look for signs of the coming of God. We look for signs of Jesus – incarnation – God taking on flesh. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: advent, birth, change, Christmas, crossroads, fear, hope, Luke 21, pain, risk, staff, waitingNovember 22, 2015 Peg Weissbrod
Many have asked me, “How was Haiti?” It is both an easy and a hard question to answer. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: "Yes!", A Well in the Wilderness, changed, clean water, connections, consumption, family, globally, Haiti, Haiti Outreach, inequity, injustice, Isaiah 55: 1-5, John 7: 37-39, living water, poverty, social justice, struggle suffer, stuff, thirst, transformation, water, wilderness, William StaffordNovember 15, 2015 Peg Weissbrod
November 8, 2015 Peg Weissbrod
Leviticus 4-5:13: Once, long ago in an ancient place, the priests were getting tired. Their duties were never ending. They came back to the place of worship, again, and again, to clean house. Each time, they hoped it would be the last, that the sanctuary would remain pure and holy. But every time, humans got in the way. Read the rest of this entry »
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