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Becoming What We Endeavor To Be Steve Jungkeit The First Congregational Church of Old Lyme Text: Exodus 18: 13-24 January 29, 2023 There may be some among us this morning who expect a word about what has taken place in Memphis. Given the work around racial justice...
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Considering Emily Dickinson So why Emily Dickinson on this January Sunday? Why her? Why now? This past autumn I was standing with Carleen and David Good, and we were looking at a painting of David that had been commissioned at his retirement. It’s actually a...
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“Letter from a Birmingham Jail” by Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Laura Fitzpatrick-Nager The First Congregational Church of Old Lyme Texts: Amos 5:24 January 15, 2023 “Letter from a Birmingham Jail” by Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Today, we honor the living...
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People Look East Steve Jungkeit The First Congregational Church of Old Lyme Texts: Isaiah 44: 24-25, 25-28, 45: 1-2; Matthew 2: 1-12 Biblical religion, at its core, is about the practice of human rights. Full stop. That is an insight given at Christmas, and...
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On the Banks of the East River: Belovedness Over Coffee Laura Fitzpatrick-Nager The First Congregational Church of Old Lyme Texts: Matt 3:13-17 December 11, 2022 And a voice from heaven said, “This is my Son, the Beloved, with whom I am well pleased.” Matt 3:17...
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On and Off Ramps of the Holy Highway Steve Jungkeit The First Congregational Church of Old Lyme Texts: Isaiah 35: 8-10; Isaiah 40: 1-3; Isaiah 42: 16a December 4, 2022 There is a stretch of the New Jersey Turnpike that has always fascinated me. Down around exit 4 or...
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Shelter, Speech, and Solace: A Litany of Thanks Steve Jungkeit The First Congregational Church of Old Lyme Texts: Luke 17: 11-19; Philippians 4: 4-7 November 20, 2022 A preacher in the pulpit is like a batter at the plate. Sometimes we swing for the bleachers, and...
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Should I Stay or Should I Go: On Walking Away from Omelas[1] Steve Jungkeit The First Congregational Church of Old Lyme Texts: Isaiah 53: 4-6, 10-11 October 16, 2022 My offering today shall consist almost entirely of a story, and a peculiar story at that, for which...
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Love Is Its Own Rescue: Finding Strength and Shelter in the Storm Laura Fitzpatrick-Nager The First Congregational Church of Old Lyme Texts: Mark 4:35-41 October 9, 2022 I’m usually not an early riser. But staying with my mother in Guilford after her cataract surgery...
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A Communion Meditation: In Praise of the Lowly Spider Carleen Gerber The First Congregational Church of Old Lyme Texts: I Corinthians 12:12-14, 27; I John 3:18-24 October 2, 2022 This summer, on a particularly foggy morning, our lower yard was covered in what seemed...
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Days of Bread and Roses Steve Jungkeit The First Congregational Church of Old Lyme Text: Matthew 6: 19-21; Philippians 4: 8-9 September 25, 2022 Our business manager shared a story the other day that I thought was worth repeating this morning. He told me about a...
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Palenque! Steve Jungkeit The First Congregational Church of Old Lyme Text: Exodus 13: 17-22; Matthew 4: 23-25; John 1: 43-46 September 18, 2022 In the middle of August, I had occasion to visit a music school on the outskirts of Buenaventura, a port town on Colombia’s...
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Be Happy Whenever You Can Manage It Steve Jungkeit The First Congregational Church of Old Lyme Text: Genesis 1: 1-2; 26-31 September 11, 2022 “In the beginning, God created…” So begins the King James Version of the Bible. Or, as Eugene Peterson’s translation, The...
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Struggle at the Jabbok: Lessons of an Ancient Wrestling Match Steve Jungkeit The First Congregational Church of Old Lyme Text: Genesis 32: 22-32 September 4, 2022 “What has Athens to do with Jerusalem?” That’s one of the most famous questions in all of theology,...
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Turn Back! Steve Jungkeit The First Congregational Church of Old Lyme Text: Luke 15: 11-24 August 28, 2022 We got as far as Cleveland, and then we turned around. It had been a full and busy year, and we had looked forward to regrouping as a family, and to exploring...
