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“Surrender to the Day and Let Life Happen” The Rev. Rebecca Crosby Text: Isaiah: 55:10-12, Ephesians 4:1-6 I love telling stories and sharing my experiences in a story format. Stories shape our lives and guide our understanding of our...
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“Exophony: On the Borderlands of Language” Rev. Dr. Gary Comstock Texts:Book of Samuel II 1:25-27, Gospel according to Matthew 22:37-40 “Is It Just a Breeze?” I grew up in a tiny Congregational church in the western hills of Essex, in a village...
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“Exophony: On the Borderlands of Language” Rev. Dr. Steven Jungkeit Texts: Judges 12: 1-6; Acts 2: 1-12 Here is something that has filled me with life over the past several years: in painfully slow increments, morning by morning, I have been...
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“Come Away With Me: Visions of Rest and Jubilee” Rev. Dr. Steven JungkeitTexts: Leviticus 25: 1-5, 8-10; Matthew 11: 28-30 Come Away With Me: On Sabbaths and Jubilees I begin with a passing reference to a popular song from Norah Jones. “Come away with me...
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“Why Does the Caged Bird Sing?: Inspiration from Maya Angelou”” The Rev. Rebecca CrosbyText: Psalm 130: 1-2, 5-6; Acts 16:16-26; Philippians 1:12-14, 18b-20, 27 Why Does A Caged Bird Sing?: Inspiration from Maya Angelou Maya Angelou, one of the...
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“The Garden of Humanity” Rev. Dr. Steven Jungkeit Texts: Genesis 2: 8-15 (Selections); John 20: 15-16; Revelation 22: 1-3 Of Soil and Soul: Gardens and the Ethics of Care “They were careless people – they smashed up things and creaturesand then...
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“Something To Do With Paying Attention,” With a Nod to David Foster Wallace Rev. Dr. Steven JungkeitTexts: I Corinthians 13 “Attention, taken to its highest degree,is the same thing as prayer.It presupposes faith and love.Absolutely unmixed attention is...
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“Everything Else in the House of God” Rev. Dr. Steven JungkeitTexts: Mark 16: 14-15, 19-20; Titus 1: 15; John 14: 2 “In my Father’s house, there are many mansions.” -John 14: 2 The weeks after Easter present a preacher with a mere handful of...
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“This Is the Moment We Have Been Waiting For” Rev. Dr. Steven JungkeitText: John 21: 15-19 Not long ago I heard a story about a form of theater in Japan that originated in the 17th century. It’s called Kabuki Theater, and it’s one of several traditional...
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“Mary” The Rev. Catherine ZallText: John 20:1, 11-16April 12, 2026 Always such a pleasure to return to FCCOL. In these challenging times I feel a special urgency to continue to engage the profound, mysterious, claims of Easter. That the spirit...
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“On the Way to Galilee” Rev. Dr. Steven JungkeitText: Matthew 28: 1-10Easter Sunday Worship Service A few years ago, after we were through with our Easter services and after I had gone home, our family gathered around the table for Easter dinner....
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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...
