| Date |
Title |
Scripture |
| 03/01/2015 |
"Following Jesus Is for Losers" |
Mark 8:31-38 |
| 02/22/2015 |
"Charting a Course" |
Genesis 6:11-16, 19-22 & Mark 1:16-20 |
| 02/15/2015 |
"The Power of Community" |
2 Kings 2: 1-12 & Mark 9:2-9 |
| 02/08/2015 |
"Recognizing Our Source of Strength" |
Isaiah 40:21-31 & Mark 1:29-39 |
| 02/01/2015 |
Sermon by Christy Bonner |
Psalm 139 |
| 01/25/2015 |
"Responding to God's Nudges" |
Jonah 3:1-5 & 10; Mark 1: 14-20 |
| 01/18/2015 |
"Recognizing God's Presence" |
1 Samuel 3:1-10 |
| 01/11/2015 |
"Recognizing Defining Moments" |
Genesis 1:1-5 and Mark 1:4-12 |
| 01/04/2015 |
"Are We There Yet?" |
Jeremiah 31:15-21a & 31-33 |
| 12/28/2014 |
"Looking to the Future" |
Deuteronomy 34:1-12 and Philippians 4:4-9 |
| 12/21/2014 |
"What is the Real Meaning of Christmas?" |
John 1:1-18 |
| 12/14/2014 |
"Will the Wise Men Come Again?" |
Matthew 2:1-9 |
| 11/30/2014 |
"Who Invited Him to Christmas?" |
Mark 1:1-9 |
| 11/02/2014 |
"The True Believer" |
Mark 9:15-24 |
| 10/19/2014 |
"Moving Between Two Worlds" |
Numbers 13:1-3, 21, 25-14:4 |
| 10/12/2014 |
"Is There a Dress Code for Disciples?" |
Matthew 22:1-14 |
| 09/21/2014 |
"We’re in this Together" |
Philippians 1:3-11 |
| 09/14/2014 |
"Don’t Get Wet Feet!" |
Exodus 14:19-21 |
| 08/24/2014 |
"Protecting Ourselves from the Truth" |
I Kings 22:1-14 |
| 08/17/2014 |
"Is Our Country Going to the Dogs?" |
Matthew 15: 21-28 |
| 08/10/2014 |
"How Can I Forgive What Was Done to Me?" |
Genesis 45:1-15 |
| 07/06/2014 |
"Strange Glory: The Martyrdom of Dietrich Bonhoeffer" |
Romans 13:1-7 |
| 06/22/2014 |
"God Brings Us All Home" |
Genesis 21:8-21 + Genesis 25:7-10 |
| 05/11/2014 |
"We Never Walk Alone" |
Psalm 23 |
| 05/04/2014 |
"The Real Presence" |
Luke 24:13-32 |
| 04/27/2014 |
"Seeing a Ghost" |
Luke 24:36-49 |
| 04/20/2014 |
"All Things Intermingle" |
Matthew 28:1-10 and Romans 8:28, 31-19 |
| 04/13/2014 |
"Faith is a way of seeing" |
Matthew 21:1-1 |
| 03/30/2014 |
"I Will Not Let You Go Unless You Bless Me!" |
Genesis 32:22-31 |
| 03/23/2014 |
"Don’t Look Back!" |
Genesis 19:1-11, 15-17, 26 |
| 02/23/2014 |
"Pursuing Perfection" |
Matthew 5:43-48 |
| 02/16/2014 |
"Happy, Happy, Happy!" |
Matthew 5:1-12 |
| 01/26/2014 |
"Leadership Depends Upon Followership" |
Matthew 4:12-22 |
| 01/19/2014 |
"Has Christ Been Divided?" |
I Corinthians 1:10-17 and 12:12-27 |
| 01/05/2014 |
"Journeys in the Night" |
Matthew 2: 1-12 |
| 12/29/2013 |
"From Bethlehem to Bedlam" |
Matthew 2: 13-23 |
| 12/15/2013 |
"What the World Needs Now . . . The Gift of Joy" |
Luke 2:8-20 |
| 12/08/2013 |
"What the World Needs Now . . . The Gift of Peace" |
Matthew 3:1-12 and 11:26 |
| 12/01/2013 |
"What the World Needs Now...The Presence of Hope" |
Matthew 24: 36-44 |
| 11/17/2013 |
"We Stand Still at our Peril" |
Luke 16:19-31 |
| 11/03/2013 |
"The Man Who Had Everything . . . Almost" |
Luke 18:18-24 |
| 10/15/2013 |
"Mustard Seeds and Baseballs!" |
Luke 17:1-6 |
| 09/29/2013 |
"The Case against Religion" |
Amos 5:18-24 |
| 09/22/2013 |
"The Case against God" |
Isaiah 44:9-20 |
| 09/08/2013 |
"Come Home – All is Forgiven" |
Paul’s Letter to Philemon in the New Testament |
| 09/01/2013 |
"We Need a Break: On Sabbaticals and Sabbaths" |
Exodus 20:8 and Mark 2:23-28 |
| 05/19/2013 |
"Set This Church on Fire!" |
Acts 2:1-8 and The Revelation to John 3:14-22 |
| 05/05/2013 |
"Be Afraid, Be Very, Very Afraid!" |
Revelation to John 21:1-8 |
| 04/28/2013 |
"Holdouts!" |
Acts 4:32 – 5:11 |
| 04/21/2013 |
"In The Dark Valley" |
Psalm 23 |
| 04/14/2013 |
"What Can An Agnostic Find in Pilgrim Church?" |
John 20:19-29 |
| 03/24/2013 |
"Die Fahne Hoch!" |
Luke 19:37-44 |
| 03/17/2013 |
"That Other Brother" |
Luke 15:25-32 |
| 03/10/2013 |
"The Story That Never Grows Old" |
Luke 15:1-3, 11-24 |
| 03/03/2013 |
"Even the Wealthy Need This Food Pantry" |
Isaiah 55:1-9 |
| 02/17/2013 |
"Taking the Cure" |
II Kings 5:1-15 |
| 12/16/2012 |
"Why Me?" |
Luke 1:46-55 |
| 12/09/2012 |
"Peace, But Not Yet" |
Luke 3:1-14, 18 |
| 12/02/2012 |
"In The Meantime" |
First Sunday in Advent |
| 11/04/2012 |
"Who is God’s Candidate?" |
Psalm 146 and Romans 13:1-7 |
| 09/30/2012 |
"In a Time of Discord and Division" |
Esther 7:1-6, 9-10 & 9:20-22 |
| 09/23/2012 |
"On Growing Up To Be a Kid Someday" |
Mark 9:30-37 |
| 09/16/2012 |
"What Does It Mean To Follow Jesus?" |
Mark 8:34-38 |
| 09/09/2012 |
"Is This Church Going To The Dogs?" |
Mark 7:24-30 also see Matthew 15:25-28 |
| 09/02/2012 |
"A Faith That Stands on Two Legs" |
James 1:22-25, 2:14-17 |
| 08/19/2012 |
"A Parent’s Worst Nightmare" |
II Samuel 18 Selected |
| 08/12/2012 |
"What Should We Expect From Our Leaders" |
II Samuel 11:26-12:7 |
| 08/05/2012 |
"The Power of Friendship" |
I Samuel 20: 35-42 |
| 07/08/2012 |
"Who Touched Me?" |
Mark 5:21-34 |
| 07/01/2012 |
"It’s a Free Country, Isn’t It?" |
Galatians 5:13-15 |
| 05/27/2012 |
"The Speech That Changed America" |
Ezekiel 37:1-14 |
| 05/20/2012 |
"The Death of God – What was it all About" |
Psalm 14 also refers to James 2:14-26 |
| 05/13/2012 |
"Mommy Wars" |
I Corinthians 14:33-40 |
| 05/06/2012 |
"One Came Running" |
Acts 8:26-40 |
| 04/29/2012 |
"The Hunger Games" |
Psalm 23 |
| 04/08/2012 |
"Great Gettin’ Up Morning" |
Mark 16:1-8 and I Corinthians 15:1-11 |
| 04/01/2012 |
"What Kind of Fool Are You?" |
Mark 11:1-17 and I Corinthians 3:18-23 |
| 03/18/2012 |
"Is Jesus the Only Way to God?" |
John 3:14-21 and John 14:1-14 |
| 03/11/2012 |
"Displaying the Ten Commandments – The Conflict over the Separation of Church and State" |
Exodus 20:1-17 |
| 03/04/2012 |
"American Christians, Jews, Muslims And the Middle East" |
Genesis 17: 1-8 |
| 01/22/2012 |
"It Sounds Fishy to Me" |
Jonah 3:1-5, 10 |
| 01/01/2012 |
"Going Home Another Way" |
Matthew 2:1-12 |
| 12/24/2011 |
"The Blessed Interruption of Christmas" |
Luke 2:1-10 |
| 12/18/2011 |
"Would Mary Occupy Wall Street?" |
Luke 1:46-55 |
| 12/11/2011 |
"Love with Skin On" |
John 1:1-13 |
| 12/04/2011 |
"Einstein at the Door" |
Mark 1:1-8 |
| 11/27/2011 |
"Ask the Horse" |
Mark 13:23-27 and 32-37 |
| 11/20/2011 |
"Isn’t There an Easier Way, Jesus" |
Matthew 25:31-46 |
| 10/23/2011 |
"The Dream Outlives the Dreamer" |
Deuteronomy 34:1-12 See Also Psalm 90 |
| 10/16/2011 |
"What’s on Your List?" |
Mark 12:26-34 |
| 10/02/2011 |
"Does Anyone Care About Christian Unity Anymore?" |
I Corinthians 12:12-27 |
| 09/25/2011 |
"When Good Intentions Aren’t Enough" |
Matthew 21, 23-32 |
| 09/04/2011 |
"Fast Food for a Long Journey" |
Exodus 12:1-14 |
| 08/28/2011 |
"God is Still Speaking . . . But are we Listening?
" |
Exodus 3: 1-15 |
| 08/21/2011 |
"Jesus is the Question" |
Mark 12:13-17 |
| 08/14/2011 |
"The Best Way to Get Revenge" |
Genesis 50:15-21 |
| 08/07/2011 |
"Jesus and the Storms of our Lives" |
Luke 8: 22-25 |
| 07/24/2011 |
"The Little Boy Who Shared His Lunch" |
John 6:1-13 |
| 07/17/2011 |
"Whose Promised Land?" |
Genesis 28:10-19 |
| 06/26/2011 |
"Illusions of Perfection" |
Genesis 22: 1-14 |
| 06/12/2011 |
"Does the Church Have a Future?" |
Acts 2:1-8 and I Corinthians 12:4-13 |
| 05/22/2011 |
"The Obscenity of Capital Punishment" |
Acts 7:55-60 |
| 04/24/2011 |
"Easter for Skeptics" |
Matthew 28:1-10 - Galatians 1:11-24 |
| 04/10/2011 |
"New Life in Death Valley" |
Ezekiel 37:1-14 and John 11:17-27 |
| 04/03/2011 |
"Praying for a Miracle" |
John 9:1-39 |
| 03/27/2011 |
"Did Jesus Have to Die?”" |
Romans 5:1-11 |
| 03/20/2011 |
"Born Again . . . and Again" |
John 3:1-17 |
| 02/27/2011 |
"The Battle for Peace" |
Psalm 120 & Matthew 5:1-12 |
| 02/13/2011 |
"Words That Hurt, Words That Heal" |
Matthew 5:21-26 |
| 02/06/2011 |
"Here’s Looking at You!" |
Matthew 5:13-16, 48 |
| 01/30/2011 |
"Pilgrim’s Calling: Foolish or Faithful?" |
I Corinthians 1:18-31 |
| 01/16/2011 |
"A Punishing God or a Comforting God" |
Isaiah 40:1-11 |
| 01/02/2011 |
"Finding Another Way In 2011" |
Matthew 2: 1-12 |
| 12/26/2010 |
"The Best Christmas Pageant Ever" |
Luke 2:1-14 |
| 12/19/2010 |
"The Grinch" |
Matthew 2 Selected |
| 12/12/2010 |
"A Highway for Fools" |
Isaiah 35: 1-10 |
| 12/05/2010 |
"The Other Wise Man" |
Matthew 3: 1-6, 13-17 |
| 11/28/2010 |
"A Christmas Carol" |
Matthew 24:36-44 |
| 11/21/2010 |
"Have You Put Your Two Cents In?" |
Luke 20:45 – 21:4 |
| 11/14/2010 |
"Pay Me What I’m Worth!" |
II Thessalonians 3:6-13 |
| 10/31/2010 |
"Carrots, Peanut Butter and Guilt" |
Habakkuk 1:1-4, 2:1-4 |
| 10/17/2010 |
"Dying on Third" |
II Timothy 4:8-11 |
| 10/10/2010 |
"There’s Gratitude for You!" |
Luke 17: 11-19 |
| 10/03/2010 |
"As For You Man of God" |
I Timothy 6:2B-12 |
| 09/26/2010 |
"Are All Rich People Going To Hell?" |
Luke 16:19-31 and1 Timothy 6:6-19 |
| 09/05/2010 |
"Come Home – All is Forgiven!" |
The Letter to Philemon |
| 08/29/2010 |
"False Gods and American Idols" |
Isaiah 44: 9-20 |
| 08/08/2010 |
"What, Me Worry?" |
Psalm 23 and Luke 12:22-32 |
| 07/25/2010 |
"Love in a Slave Market" |
Hosea 11:1-11 and I Corinthians 13 |
| 07/18/2010 |
"To Have, To Do, or To Be?" |
Luke 10: 38-42 |
| 06/20/2010 |
"The Joy of Being a Victim" |
I Kings 19:9-16 |
| 06/13/2010 |
"Much Always Wants More" |
I Kings 21:1-21A |
| 06/06/2010 |
"The Miracle of Generosity" |
I Kings 17: 8-16 |
| 05/23/2010 |
"The Church on Fire" |
Acts 21 Selected |
| 05/16/2010 |
"A Whale of a Tale" |
Jonah Selected Verses |
| 05/02/2010 |
"Jesus, The Jews, and The Christian Church" |
John 13:31-35 and Romans 11 Selected |
| 04/25/2010 |
"Widows In Their Tunics" |
Acts 9:36-43 |
| 04/18/2010 |
"Brother Saul: The Challenge to Forgive" |
Acts 9:1-17 |
| 04/04/2010 |
"What is there to Sing About?" |
Luke 24:1-12 and I Corinthians 15:50-58 |
| 01/03/2010 |
"Does God Have a Future?" |
Matthew 2:1-16 |
| 12/24/2009 |
"Fear & Great Joy" |
Luke 2:8-15 |
| 12/06/2009 |
"Merry Christmas, You Bunch of Snakes!" |
Luke 3:1-14 |
| 11/22/2009 |
"Look Who's Coming!" |
The Revelation to John 1:4B-8 |
| 11/08/2009 |
"Putting in Our Two Cents" |
Mark 12:38-44 |
| 10/25/2009 |
"Don't Give Up!" |
Mark 10:46-52 |
| 10/11/2009 |
"This Church Doesn't Need Money" |
Mark 10:17-22 |
| 10/04/2009 |
"Paranoid Politics and Patient Resistance" |
Job 1:1, 2:1-10 |
| 09/20/2009 |
"Lessons for a Happier
Life" |
Psalm 1 |
| 09/13/2009 |
"Self-Denial? You've got to be
Kidding!" |
Mark 8:27-34 |
09/06/2009 |
"Standing at the Back of the
Church" |
James 2:1-9 |
08/30/2009 |
"You're Welcome!" |
Romans 14:1-12 |
08/16/2009 |
"The Wisdom of Solomon" |
I Kings 3:16-28 |
08/02/2009 |
"The Innocent Pay the
Price" |
II Samuel 11-12 |
| 07/26/2009 |
"Grounded!" |
Ephesians 3:14-21 |
| 07/12/2009 |
"Does God Really Zap
People?" |
II Samuel 6:1-11 |
| 06/28/2009 |
"Those Blessed
Interruptions" |
Mark 5:21-43 |
| 06/14/2009 |
"Some Men Can Sleep Through
Anything" |
Mark 4:35-41 |
| 06/07/2009 |
"The Woman at the Well" |
John 4:7-15 |
| 05/24/2009 |
"Why Evil Inevitably Defeats
Itself" |
Psalm 1 |
| 05/10/2009 |
"Get Up and Go" |
Acts 8:26-40 |
| 04/26/2009 |
"Our Second Childhood" |
I John 3:1-7,8 |
| 04/12/2009 |
"The Only Thing We Have To
Fear..." |
Mark 16:1-8 |
| 04/05/2009 |
"The Strange Palm Sunday
Parade" |
Mark 11 & Luke 19 |
| 03/29/2009 |
"The Liberal Church: Where We Are
People of the New Covenant" |
Jeremiah 31:27-34 |
| 03/22/2009 |
"The Liberal Church: Where There Is
Compassion for Those in Need" |
Hosea 11:1-9 |
| 03/15/2009 |
"The Liberal Church: Where Are
Questions and Experiences Are Valued" |
Mark 12:28-34 |
| 03/08/2009 |
"The Liberal Church: Where We Are
Followers of Christ" |
Mark 8:27-36 |
| 03/01/2009 |
"The Liberal Church: Where All Are
Welcomed and Affirmed |
I Peter
3:8-11 |
