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Rev. Dr. Steven JungkeitTexts: Psalm 40, Acts 16: 23-25 The Time of Our Singing My time is brief this morning. I trust that will come as a relief to you. And so let me jump right in by describing a scene. First, there is a tavern. It is a non-descript, [...]
Rev. Dr. Steven JungkeitTexts: Isaiah 40: 28-31 (The Inclusive Bible), Philippians 1: 3-4 “Need Someone in the By and By” More than a few of you, I’m guessing, have seen The Pitt, the medical drama about the Emergency Room of a Pittsburgh hospital. The Pitt was the darling of the [...]
Rev. Dr. Steven JungkeitTexts: Song of Solomon 3: 1-7-4, 5:1 “I Want to Know What Love Is” To begin, here are some lines from the ancient Greek poet, Sappho, who Plato once called “the Tenth Muse:” Some say horsemen, some say warriors,Some say a fleet of ships is the loveliestVision [...]
“New Lines of Faith to Trace” Rev. Dr. Steven JungkeitTexts: I Peter 3: 13-16; Luke 1: 26-34 Earlier this summer I read a profile of a church in the city of Austin, Texas, the St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church.[1] It’s the church that Senate candidate James Talarico [...]
“A Rainbow of Neighbors” Rev. Laura Fitzpatrick-NagerText: Luke 10:25-37 I was taking a quick walk in my neighborhood last week when I met up with one of my neighbors. I had a slim margin of time in between my “to do” lists to get my steps [...]
“Many Mansions” Rev. Dr. Steven JungkeitTexts: John 14: 1-4; Philippians 2: 3-7 Every year at this time we’re presented with the dilemma of how to merge our lives and stories once again. We’ve heard from a variety of different voices throughout the summer, [...]
“The Things that Make for Peace” Rev. Dr. Paul C. Hayes (Madison, CT)Scriptures: Luke 19:41, 42; Mt 5:43-48; Revelation 21:1-7 I’ve spent a great deal of my life engaged in the art of peacemaking. I’ve done this, not through official diplomat channels as some do, [...]
“Stepping Out” Rev. Cathy ZallText: Matthew 14:22-33 Alan Watts an Anglican priest who later became a Buddhist observed that what people were most deeply seeking in religion was not a collection of doctrines, rituals, symbols or even moral precepts but rather a pathway to a [...]
“None Of Us is Ordinary” Rev. Dr. Gary Comstock Sometimes we make things more complicated than they really are. We seek a solution that’s much greater than the problem we face. We overlook what’s simple and obvious and look for something that may be more complex, meaningful, [...]
“In Search of Heart Knowing” Rev. Cathy Zall and Mary VillaText: Psalm 139:1-12 “In Search of Heart Knowing” Always such a pleasure to join in worship at FCCOL. This congregation has played such a central role in my spiritual life and continues to be [...]
“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 fellow human beings and the [...]
“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 of 900 called Ivoryton. [...]
“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 learning to speak [...]
“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 [...]
“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 most influential literary voices of our time, died [...]
“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 retreated back into their money or their vast [...]
“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 prayer.”-Simone Weil Some of the most often heard words of Scripture, [...]
“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 stories about Jesus [...]
“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 Japanese arts that I [...]
“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 present in Jesus was not defeated [...]
“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. I felt good about [...]
“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 year long read-through of the Bible, and [...]
“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. The question is this: where are [...]
“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 our daughter Sabina off for her [...]
