Sermons at Union Congregational Church Preached by The Reverend Gail L. Miller, Pastor March 25, 2018 Palm Sunday Psalm 118: 1-2, 19-29 Mark 11:1-11 Bringing Peace Back before Jesus was born there was an extraordinary king in Syria. He believed it was his kingly duty to make his Arab / Middle Eastern kingdom more Greek.…
Sermons at Union Congregational Church Preached by The Reverend Gail L. Miller, Pastor March 18, 2018 Fifth Sunday in Lent John 12:20-33 Meaning in Suffering “Why do you not commit suicide?” And with this question, psychiatrist Viktor Frankl offered his patients a key with which to unlock the chains of their afflictions. What he was…
Sermons at Union Congregational Church Preached by The Reverend Gail L. Miller, Pastor March 4, 2018 Third Sunday in Lent John 2:13-22 What is Necessary? Approaching the house on a mission…. He moves from room to room… a table over here overflowing with stuff, an alcove over there…the same. It’s too much…. And so he…
Sermons at Union Congregational Church Preached by The Reverend Gail L. Miller, Pastor February 25, 2018 Second Sunday in Lent Mark 8:31-38 Words that Change Everything Words that change everything. You’ve heard them. You’ve spoken them. You’ve craved them, and you’ve feared them. Sometimes they bring joy and hope and promise: I love you! You got the job! It’s a boy! Sometimes…
Sermons at Union Congregational Church Preached by The Reverend Gail L. Miller, Pastor February 18, 2018 First Sunday in Lent Genesis 9:8-17 Psalm 13 Mark 1:9-13 On “Thoughts and Prayers” Last fall, I preached a sermon series on Christian clichés, and occasionally one of you would suggest another cliché to add to the list. One…
Sermons at Union Congregational Church Preached by The Reverend Gail L. Miller, Pastor January 14, 2018 Second Sunday after Epiphany I Samuel 3:1-10 Psalm 139:1-12 John 1:43-51 Have you ever had one of those weeks? You know…. Your spouse gets sick – the prolonged kind of really knock you out sick – and the division of labor in the household shifts dramatically.…
Sermons at Union Congregational Church Preached by The Reverend Gail L. Miller, Pastor January 7, 2018 Epiphany Sunday Matthew 2:1-12 What Gifts Shall We Bring? One of the popular images of Christmas is that of the wise men travelling by camel through a starlit night. One star dominates the sky as they arrive on the crest…