A Sermon by the Rev. Elsa A. Peters
Revelation 7:9-17
28 April 2013
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On her thirteenth birthday, Evie discovered the truth about her parents marriage: her dad was an alien. He had married her human mom and they had “merged lifeforms” to create Evie. This wasn’t what interested me most about her as a little girl watching Evie’s life unfold in the TV sitcom Out of This World. Instead, it was her ability to ...
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Revelation 5:11-14
21 April 2013
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Hannah Kathryn DeYoung remembers what it felt like on Monday. Having just fallen into a comfortable routine between cheering and handing out paper cups brimming with Gatorade, she and her sorority sisters felt the “first boom [rip] through the crowd.” Hannah remembers:
Read more...“At first I just felt the impact go through my body. Runners ducked and asked “What was ...
As we imagine how to build the City of God in our church and in the world, you’re invited to join in conversation after the 10:30 am worship service. It’s a conversation with the pastor to talk about what you heard in the scripture and in the sermon. In the old days, we called this a Sermon Talkback, but in the hope that this scripture and every sermon captures our imaginations to new possibility, we’ll imagine that we’re building together.
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Revelation 1:4-8
14 April 2013
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Grace and peace to you, this letter to the seven churches in Asia Minor begins. Grace and peace. These two things are offered as gifts.1 Grace and peace.
These two things are given to people that aren’t used to receiving them. Theirs was a cruel world full of things that challenged the very idea of anything that might resemble grace ...
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John 20:19-31
7 April 2013
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I am so happy to see each of you here. Here we are the week after Easter. I love Easter. Easter is a big day. It’s festive and happy. The music. The rejoicing with the Saints that God has conquered sin and human depravity and Jesus is alive. Hope is restored and Life abundance is ours. Right? And then there are the new ...
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Luke 24:1-12
31 March 2013
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It was Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Mary the mother of James and the other women. They were there. They saw what happened. They found the stone rolled away. They went in and discovered that the body was missing. It was their faces in the dirt — trying to figure out what in the world had just happened. Because it doesn’t make any ...
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Psalm 126
17 March 2013
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Maybe you couldn’t quite hear it. Maybe you didn’t catch that dramatic pause between rejoicing and begging God for restoration. Maybe you missed it. But, if you were to open your Bible in your pew or at home, you’d find that in most Bibles, there’s a big gap between verses 3 and 4. That empty space marks a shift ...
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Psalm 32
10 March 2013
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On Tuesday night, seven people were arrested by the artesian well. Seven people were arrested for claiming a hiding place, away from trouble, a place where they could hear glad cries of deliverance.[1] Because it’s been a terrible winter for our city’s homeless and their cries have mostly gone unheard. The City Council has been studying the issue. ...
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Psalm 63:1-8
3 March 2013
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Every Wednesday, I stand in the same spot at Batdorf & Bronson waiting for my large latte just before my coffee shop office hours begin. Every week, I await this special treat by reading my horoscope. I admit it’s the only time I pay attention to horoscopes but they have it framed so nicely there that it’s hard to ...
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Psalm 27
24 February 2013
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The Lord is my light and my salvation, what shall I fear? It feels like a ridiculous question. Because God may be our stronghold, our helper and even keep us safe in the day of trouble,[1] indeed we may have lots of wonderful words for our God, but there is still a lot to fear.
I can’t remember ...
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