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Our Duty to Delight
Psalm 1 Happy are those who do not follow the advice of the wicked, or take the path that sinners tread, or sit in the seat of scoffers; but their delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law they meditate day and night. They are like trees planted by streams of water,…
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What We Do Not See: A Sermon for Memorial Day
Holidays like Memorial Day are interesting in my house—it’s one of the of those times of year when my husband and I get into some interesting conversations. You see, he is a professor of political science at UPENN, and his research focuses on war. He studies war quantitatively, which means that he ends up looking at…
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A Week of Heartbreak
It’s been quite the week, and I am just beginning to have the time to actually think about everything that has happened. For starters, our church’s extended family has lost three saints (two were old age, one was sudden), and our home is down by a (great) grandmother and, as of today, one fuzzy, beloved cat.…
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Love Is A Relationship
1 John 4:7-21 Beloved, let us love one another, because love is from God; everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. 8Whoever does not love does not know God, for God is love. 9God’s love was revealed among us in this way: God sent his only Son into the world so that we might…
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Love is a Verb
1 JOHN 3:16-24 16We know love by this, that he laid down his life for us — and we ought to lay down our lives for one another. 17How does God’s love abide in anyone who has the world’s goods and sees a brother or sister in need and yet refuses help? 18Little children, let us…
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Book Review: Nickel and Dimed
I didn’t preach this past week–our church was honored to host Rev. Ellie Johns-Kelley, the regional rep. from The Presbyterian Foundation. This was a blessing for the church and for me, not least because I woke up Sunday morning with that nasty 24-hour stomach bug that has been going around. I couldn’t have made it through…
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The Beloved Community and the Kinship of Christ
This sermon was preached at Ivyland Presbyterian Church on the Second Sunday of Easter, April 12 2015. 1 JOHN 1:1-2:2 1:1We declare to you what was from the beginning, what we have heard, what we have seen with our eyes, what we have looked at and touched with our hands, concerning the word of life…
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Final Wrap Up on the Lenten Hunger Challenge
I don’t know if you have heard, but it is Eastertide! That means that Lent is over, and with it, our Lenten Hunger Challenge is done. Caput. Finito. Can you tell that I am a little excited? For forty days this Lent, our family spent a whole lot of time counting pennies, scouring for coupons,…
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Pass the Butter
My Dad likes to tell this story. You see, when he was a kid, he was one of three brothers. And they were pretty wild sometimes. From hearing them talk about it, my grandmother was exhausted for the entirety of her 20s. So anyways, one night my dad, his brothers, his mom and his dad…
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Holy Saturday Humor
Are you looking for new ways to worship during Holy Week? Tired of all those services, and candles, and scripture readings? Join us for the inaugural DISCIPLE DASH 5k! Come work off your Agape Meal as you run in terror from the authorities and the Roman guards. Join your fellow disciples in a race from…
Deeper in me than I 