Date: November 8, 2020
Bible Text: Mark 4:35–41 | Reverend Dr. William A. Evertsberg
Jesus Stills a Storm On that day, when evening had come, he said to them, “Let us go across to the other side.” And leaving the crowd behind, they took him with them in the boat, just as he was. Other boats were with him. A great windstorm arose, and the waves beatDate: November 1, 2020
Bible Text: Hebrews 12:1–2, 12–14 | Reverend Dr. William A. Evertsberg
Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay asideDate: October 25, 2020
Bible Text: Matthew 22:34–36 | Reverend Dr. Katie Snipes Lancaster
The Greatest Commandment When the Pharisees heard that he had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together, and one of them, a lawyer, asked him a question to test him. ‘Teacher, which commandment in the law is the greatest?’ In her introductory essay for a poetry anthology, Eavan Boland tells the storyDate: October 18, 2020
Bible Text: Philippians 4:1–8 | Reverend Dr. William A. Evertsberg
This epistle reading pops up in the common lectionary about this time every three years or so. It seems apt and relevant for what we're going through. From Paul's letter to the church at Philoppi Therefore, my brothers and sisters, whom I love and long for, my joy and crown, stand firm in the LordDate: October 11, 2020
Bible Text: Deuteronomy 24:19–22 | Reverend Dr. William A. Evertsberg
The Book of Ruth, selected verses When you reap your harvest in your field and forget a sheaf in the field, you shall not go back to get it; it shall be left for the alien, the orphan, and the widow. When you beat your olive trees, do not strip what is left; itDate: October 4, 2020
Bible Text: Isaiah 5:1–8 | Reverend Dr. Jo Forrest
On this World Communion Sunday, we continue the sermon series Bill began of Imagined Scarcity, Abundant Reality. World Communion Sunday commemorates the common table all followers of Jesus share regardless of denominational affiliation. Before anything else, the church belongs to Christ as does the table to which he invites us. Today we remember this abundant realityDate: September 27, 2020
Bible Text: II Corinthians 9:6–15 | Reverend Dr. William A. Evertsberg
“Each of you must give as you have made up your mind, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.” —II Corinthians 9:7 “The point is this: the one who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and the one who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully. Each of you must giveDate: September 20, 2020
Bible Text: Matthew 25:31–46 | Reverend Dr. William A. Evertsberg
“When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then he will sit on the throne of his glory. All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats, and heDate: September 13, 2020
Bible Text: Luke 10:25–37 | Reverend Dr. William A. Evertsberg
In September at Kenilworth Union Church this autumn the sermon series is called Imagined Scarcity, Abundant Reality, which as you can see comes from that prayer by Walter Brueggemann’s that Katie recited so beautifully just a moment ago. We’re talking about practicing the habit of generosity. The Parable of the Good Samaritan Just then a lawyerDate: September 6, 2020
Bible Text: Matthew 25: 14–30 | Reverend Dr. William A. Evertsberg
Today we’re beginning a sermon series called Imagined Scarcity Abundant Reality. As you can tell that comes from Walter Brueggemann’s prayer that Jo recited so movingly. I’ll explain what that means in weeks to come. We’re going to be talking about generosity in various arenas of life. Today we’re talking about generosity in our working lives.