Sermons at Union Congregational Church Preached by The Reverend Gail L. Miller, Pastor March 19, 2017 Third Sunday in Lent John 4:1-42 Well…Now That’s a Deep Subject This long story can be summarized by seven two-word phrases: Scorching heat. All alone. Daily grind. Unexpected encounter. Spiritual truth. Abandoned jar. Powerful influence. And yet we know…
Sermons at Union Congregational Church Written and Preached by The Reverend Dr. M. Elizabeth Waters March 12, 2017 Second Sunday in Lent John 3:1-17 Nick at Night After the evening gathering of Pharisees, Nick stalls a bit to keep from walking home with the usual crew via the well traveled route. He has a plan,…
Sermons at Union Congregational Church Preached by The Reverend Gail L. Miller, Pastor January 15, 2017 Second Sunday after Epiphany Psalm 40:1-11; 1 Corinthians 1:1-9; John 1:29-42 See and Tell When we read the Bible and hear easy to understand stories like this one from John, sometimes it’s fun to consider not just WHAT is…
How Great Thou Art 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17 For the Lord himself will come down from heaven, with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. After that, we who are still alive and are left will be caught up…
John 16:12-15 Perichoresis It’s Trinity Sunday. The day when it is incredibly easy to try to explain the mystery of God as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, and to end up either committing heresy or making everything even harder to understand. In fact, there was a meme circulating around the Internet this week. It features…
Again this week I wonder – what does Jesus’ resurrection mean for us who are living 2,000 years and 5,000 miles from when and where it happened? What does the resurrection look like for those of us who will NOT see Jesus as those who walked to Emmaus, or ate fish on the beach with…
Really this sermon should be titled The Shortest Sermon and a Story. The shortest sermon is found at the very end of our reading for today: “We have see the Lord!” This would be a “Drop the mic moment” if it weren’t attached to my head. We have seen the Lord….Jesus – really him –…
The day is hot and dry. Red dust swirls in the air giving everything a reddish brown tint. The heat of the noonday sun and shimmering heat haze reminds Jesus and his followers of their thirst. Jacob’s well comes into sight and Jesus gratefully takes a seat on the edge of the well while his…
A young psychology student serving in the Army decided to test a theory. Drawing kitchen duty, he was given the job of passing out apricots at the end of the food line. He asked the first soldiers that came by, “You don’t want any apricots, do you?” Ninety percent said “No.” Then he tried a…
John 11:32-44 Here’s one many of us grew up with: Jesus Wept Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray the Lord my soul to keep. And if I die before I wake, I pray the Lord my soul to take. But the one my mother-in-law made in needlepoint for Sophia says this: Now I lay me down to sleep, I…