by Federated Church East Arlington | Jan 8, 2020 | past sermons
“Seeking the One” January 5, 2020 Epiphany Sunday On Christmas Eve, following our candlelit service, a couple of the children helped me put all of the Jesus’s who had been laying in the hay-filled manger up here on the chancel step in their rightful stables throughout...
by Federated Church East Arlington | Dec 27, 2019 | past sermons
Matthew 1:18-25 “What Dreams Are Made Of” December 22, 2019 We are entering the homestretch to Christmas. For those who are anxiously anticipating its arrival in 3 days it can’t come soon enough while for of us with a to-do list that doesn’t seem to get any shorter...
by Federated Church East Arlington | Dec 16, 2019 | past sermons
Matthew 24:36-44 & Isaiah 2:1-5 “Awake in Hope” December 1, 2019 Communion Sunday There are many things I love about big cities like New York or Boston – there’s so much energy in the air of them, there is always something happening, and there’s great food and...
by Federated Church East Arlington | Dec 13, 2019 | past sermons
Matthew 3:1-12 & Isaiah 11:1-10 “Bridge of Peace” December 8, 2019 There’s an old story about a long haul truck driver who was exhausted from his many hours on the road. He pulls into an isolated truck stop and sits at the counter. Within a couple of minutes a...
by Federated Church East Arlington | Nov 29, 2019 | past sermons
Luke 23:33-43 “rethinKING” November 24, 2019 My childhood kings and queens were mostly romantic figures. I can remember learning the nursery rhyme about that merry old soul Old King Cole as a preschooler. I was enchanted in first grade when my parents let me stay up...
by Federated Church East Arlington | Nov 22, 2019 | past sermons
Luke 21:5-19 “The Words and the Wisdom” November 17, 2019 Jesus is doing his prophet thing here to great effect, especially when those gathered around him are sounding pretty proud of the beautiful temple. Here he will lay out a picture of all the terrible things...
