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2022/01/30

It all goes back to love

We sometimes lose sight of how important love really is. We are coming up on Valentine’s Day but I’m not thinking only of romantic love. I don’t have anything against romantic love, I think it is great, but our New Testament text, 1 Corinthians 13, talks about a love that includes romantic love but is […]

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2022/01/23

Why do we need gifts? (Gifts?)

If you recall from last week’s sermon, we all have gifts (or Gifts). This week we are asking why. Why do we need gifts? It is pretty obvious why we want to receive gifts but when we are talking about spiritual gifts they aren’t typically given just to us for us. They are most frequently […]

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2022/01/16

Miracles and/or gifts?

So what would you rather have a gift or the ability to perform miracles? It is a peculiar question to be sure but there is a reason to ask it. The New Testament readings in the Lectionary this week are the very well-known story of Jesus turning water into wine at a wedding—a miracle—and Paul […]

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