Pentecost Sunday: Memorial Day and Celebrating the Secular

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It’s Pentecost Sunday. In the Church there is a big to-do about the Holy Spirit raining down fire and God exhaling flames like some kind of dragon protecting its treasure. Certainly, God sent the Advocate for that reason – to protect his treasure, that is, his disciples. Us. You. Me. The timing is such that [...]

Christmas Eve Story

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My sermon/meditation for the 5 pm Christmas Eve service. I had the children come forward which didn’t help the zoo-like quality of the night! Well hello and welcome! It looks like we have a good group of recruits here! My name is Celeste, and I’m in charge of the STAR Academy! You all are here [...]

Advent Angst

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This is the season of various gifts – hope, peace, joy, love… But, to be receptive and present to these gifts, I believe that we have to acknowledge the hardships and challenges of this season…which requires stripping away all the layers of holiday commercialism, gooey-sugary enticements of too much dessert and wine, and all the [...]

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