The Way to Wait

February 2, 2025
The sermon on the mount—Matthew tells us that Jesus spoke to the people on a mount, a big, high hill.  Maybe that would remind Jewish listeners of Moses on the…
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More Than Mourning

July 2, 2023
In Boston in 1770, Perez Morton penned these words: “When Jesus wept, the falling tear in mercy flowed beyond all bound.  When Jesus groaned, a trembling fear seized all the…
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A Proclaiming Spirit

December 27, 2020
          Simeon and Anna are the closest thing Jesus has to grandparents, and what grandparents!  Both are at the Temple.  Though it was my parents who first took me to…
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          I’ve been speaking about joy and light lately, not only because it’s Advent, not only because I feel the need for these blessings in my own life, but because…
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Spoken with a Touch

February 23, 2020
Bible Text: Matthew 17:1-9 | Preacher: Paul Kucera | In July of 2017, I was sitting beside my mother. She was lying in a hospital bed in the middle of…
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Bible Text: Matthew 5:1-4 | Preacher: Paul Kucera | Over the next few Sundays, I’d like to walk with you through the Beatitudes, this first part of the Sermon on…
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Wealth, Health, God

October 7, 2018
Bible Text: Job 1:6-12, 2:1-10 | Preacher: Paul Kucera | Satan?  Are we really going to hear about that old myth, that nonsense?  Beloved, whether you believe there is such…
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