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Sermon for February 4, 2018: The evidence of God (The Rev. Dr. Deborah White)
Listen Here: Two newsworthy events happened this past week. One was the State of the Union address and the second was the super blue...
Deborah White
Feb 4, 20186 min read
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Sermon for January 28, 2018: Making Decisions (The Rev. Dr. Deborah White)
Listen Here: Some of you may have noticed a new sign on my door. It is a quote from C.S. Lewis, of whom I am a great fan. It says, “I...
Deborah White
Jan 28, 20186 min read
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Sermon for January 21, 2018: Gone fishing (The Rev. Dr. Deborah White)
If you Google “How many fishermen are there in the United States,” you get two types of answers. First, you get the number of people who...
Deborah White
Jan 21, 20186 min read
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Children’s Homily for January 21, 2018: Fish for people (The Rev. Dr. Deborah White)
So, today we heard a story about Jesus making some new friends and telling them to go make new friends. Except that Jesus kind of made it...
Deborah White
Jan 21, 20183 min read
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Sermon for January 14, 2018: Come and see (The Rev. Walter Ramsey)
Listen Here: Today on this Second Sunday after the Epiphany, we get a brief interruption by the Gospel of John in the series of Epiphany...
Deborah White
Jan 14, 20184 min read
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Sermon for January 7, 2018: Light and Life in Jesus Christ (The Rev. Dr. Deborah White)
Listen Here: “In the beginning when God created the heavens and the earth, the earth was a formless void and darkness covered the face of...
Deborah White
Jan 7, 20185 min read
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Sermon for December 31, 2017: At the name of Jesus (The Rev. Dr. Deborah White)
Listen Here: So, this is going to be one of those educational sermons. I will try to keep you awake! As many of you know (and if you...
Deborah White
Dec 31, 20175 min read
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Sermon for December 25, 2017, Christmas: Belief (The Rev. Dr. Deborah White)
Listen Here: Christmas is finally here. Presents have been gifted, carols are being sung (appropriately!) and, for many of us, there is...
Deborah White
Dec 25, 20174 min read
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Sermon for December 24, 2017: Fourth Sunday of Advent (The Rev. Dr. Deborah White)
Listen Here: The other day the children and I were talking about shopping for Christmas presents – and how our shopping habits tend to...
Deborah White
Dec 24, 20176 min read
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Sermon for December 24, 2017, Christmas Eve: The Light that comes into the world (The Rev. Dr. Debo
Listen Here: Merry Christmas! Feels good to say it, doesn’t it? It might feel even better though if – dare I say it? – I felt more...
Deborah White
Dec 24, 20176 min read
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Sermon for December 17, 2017: The Spirit of the Lord God is upon us (The Rev. Walter Ramsey)
Listen Here: Here we are the Third Sunday of Advent that now marks one week before Christmas, because the fourth Sunday of Advent falls...
Deborah White
Dec 17, 20174 min read
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Sermon for October 21, 2017, A Celebration of New Ministry (The Rt. Rev. Marc H. Andrus, Bishop of t
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Deborah White
Oct 21, 20171 min read
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Sermon for September 24, 2017: Testify (The Rev. Dr. Deborah White)
“Testifying” is not something that is particularly familiar to most Episcopalians. Although Jesus commanded all of his disciples to share...
Deborah White
Sep 24, 20176 min read
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Sermon for September 17, 2017: Forgiving is necessary – and hard (The Rev. Dr. Deborah White)
I once read a really interesting article in “Psychology Today” with the title, “Why you don’t always have to forgive.” In it...
Deborah White
Sep 17, 20175 min read
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Sermon for September 3, 2017: The power of emotion, the power of God (The Rev. Dr. Deborah White)
This has been a very emotional week for me. It started last Sunday when, as you may remember, my daughter came up during the...
Deborah White
Sep 3, 20176 min read
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Sermon for August 20, 2017: God is bigger than hate (The Rev. Dr. Deborah White)
It is tempting when you are on vacation to ignore the news, but it can be equally hard to stay out of touch when watching people near and...
Deborah White
Aug 20, 20176 min read
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Sermon for August 13, 2017: Love, Forgiveness and Trust (The Rev. Laurie Moyer)
This sermon will be different. It is a trip down memory lane, memories of two marriages. You might even hear it as eulogy. You might ...
Deborah White
Aug 13, 20175 min read
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Children’s Sermon for July 16, 2017 (10 a.m.): Good Seeds (The Rev. Dr. Deborah White)
Today I am going to read you a story and then you can tell me what it means. Ready, here we go: Reading of the parable of the sower....
Deborah White
Jul 16, 20172 min read
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Sermon for June 25, 2017: The Third Sunday after Pentecost (The Rev. Laurie Moyer)
When we belong to a church – both in the small ‘c’ and the big ‘C’ senses – I believe we can become too protected by the umbrella we...
Deborah White
Jun 25, 20178 min read
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Children’s Sermon for June 18, 2017: Talking about God
Today we are going to talk about sharing. How many of you guys like sharing? (Give them a chance to answer). That’s good, but tell me...
Deborah White
Jun 18, 20173 min read
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