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“Discerning Voices: Miriam’s Question” Rev. Dr Steven JungkeitTexts: Numbers 12: 1-16; Numbers 20: 1; Hebrews 13: 13 Discerning Voices: Miriam’s Question Let us then go to him outside the camp… Hebrews 13:13 Many of us have been immersed in a...
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“Discerning Voices: Miriam by the Seashore” Rev. Dr. Steven Jungkeit Texts: Exodus 15: 1-3; Exodus 15: 20-21 I’ve been hearing an insistent and important question over the past several months, as many of us have been making our way through the Bible....
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“The Depth Dimension of Existence” Rev. Dr. Steven JungkeitTexts: Matthew 7: 24-27; Romans 8: 31-39; Hebrews 6: 19-20 “The Depth Dimension of Existence” A year and a half ago I shared with you what happened when Rachael and I were due to drop...
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“What In Us Is Dark, Illumine” Rev. Dr. Steven JungkeitTexts: Isaiah 14: 12-15; Matthew 4: 1-4; “On Mr. Milton’s Paradise Lost,” by Andrew Marvell What in me is dark, illumine… -John Milton, Paradise Lost Having entered the season of Lent, it is...
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“Bearing Witness: How to Speak Love in a Storm” Rev. Laura Fitzpatrick-NagerTexts: Exodus 23: 9, Mark 4: 34-41 Walking into a detention center is a surreal experience. You hand in your driver’s license, sign paperwork, lock your belongings in a locker and...
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“A Sublime Madness” Rev. Dr. Steven JungkeitTexts: Isaiah 58: 1, 6-9; Jeremiah 20: 9 “A Sublime Madness” One of the sharpest minds the United States has ever produced happened to be a minister, a theologian, and a social theorist in the denomination...
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“The World is Lit By Lightening” Rev. Dr. Steven JungkeitTexts: Exodus 19: 1-2, 16-19; Matthew 24: 23-27; John 1: 1-5 “Blow out your candles, Laura.Nowadays the world is lit by lightning.” -Tennessee WilliamsThe Glass Menagerie ...
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“Where Shall Wisdom Be Found: A Story of Pilgrimage and Discovery” Rev. Dr. Steven Jungkeit Texts: Proverbs 2: 1-10; Matthew 2: 12 Where Shall Wisdom Be Found: A Story of Pilgrimage and Discovery Nearly six years ago, the white...
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“Scripts for the Pageant” Rev. Dr. Steven Jungkeit Texts: Psalm 119: 97-105; Matthew 2: 1-12; John 1: 14 Where shall wisdom be found? That question from the Book of Job is one that reverberates on Epiphany Sunday, during which we retell the...
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“How Newness Enters the World” Rev. Dr. Steven JungkeitTexts: Ezra 9: 1-4, Nehemiah 13: 1-3, Matthew 1: 1-16 It’s always a good idea to read the fine print. That applies to the mortgage on your house, it applies to the list of side-effects...
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“Labor of Love” Rev. Dr. Steven JungkeitTexts: Luke 1: 26-38; Luke 2: 1-7 A Labor of Love It is the custom of most churches to hold off on reading Luke’s story of the birth of Jesus until Christmas Eve, or perhaps until the fourth Sunday of...
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“Estrangement and Grace: Lessons from the Prodigal Family” Rev. Laura Fitzpatrick-Nager Text: Luke 15:11-32 “But while he was still far off, his father saw him and was filled with compassion; he ran and put his arms around him and kissed him.” Luke 15:20 My...
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No Condemnation, Part II: “He Descended Into Hell: On the Third Day He Rose Again from the Dead” Rev. Dr. Steven JungkeitTexts: The Apostle’s Creed; Isaiah 53: 3-4; I Peter 3: 18b-20 One of the things we emphasize over and over, and especially when...
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“A Past That Promises More” Rev. Dr. Steven JungkeitTexts: Genesis 2:2, 3:7; Genesis 4: 1-10; Romans 8: 1-2 No Condemnation: The Unspoken History of a Strong Emotion What if the history of the world – its wars, its peace, its economics,...
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“A Past That Promises More” Rev. Dr. Steven Jungkeit Texts: Deuteronomy 4:9; 32:7; Luke 22: 14-19 Not long ago, a close friend sent me a picture of himself with somebody else I didn’t recognize. “Look who came to visit,” the accompanying...
