by Federated Church East Arlington | Nov 7, 2022 | past sermons
Luke 19:1-10 “Payback” October 30, 2022 Reformation Sunday This sermon was composed before last night’s $825 million Powerball drawing – one in which 32 of my family members and I each kicked in $2 – for the long shot chance – about 1 in 292 million – that one of our...
by Federated Church East Arlington | Oct 28, 2022 | past sermons
Luke 18:9-14 “Humility” October 23, 2022 This is one of those parables that feels like it may be impossible to be the person that Jesus is describing. And perhaps that is the point. Jesus uses two of his favorite characters in this parable, the Tax Collector and the...
by Federated Church East Arlington | Oct 16, 2022 | past sermons
Luke 17:11-19 “Wellness” October 9, 2022 There it was, new, clean, and unmarked, the most important item I packed in my bag for my trip to France last month. I nervously kept checking the very specific pocket I placed it in – as I was packing my car, when I stopped...
by Federated Church East Arlington | Oct 8, 2022 | past sermons
Luke 17:5-10 “Setting the Table” October 2, 2022 World Communion Sunday Maybe you, like me, were given the job of setting the table for dinner as a child. I still vividly remember where each of my 6 brothers and sisters and I sat along with our parents. Dinner was...
by Federated Church East Arlington | Sep 29, 2022 | past sermons
Luke 15:1-10 “Lost and Joyful” September 11, 2022 Rally Sunday We want fairness. We yearn for fairness. We admire those parents and teachers and supervisors and even politicians who we perceive as being fair. In the midst of all this joy, why does Jesus seem so...
by Federated Church East Arlington | Sep 29, 2022 | past sermons
Luke 16:19-31 “Whose Voice?” September 25, 2022 She was with me the entire 8 wonderful days of last week’s trip to France. Given that my trip coincided with all the respect-paying and pageantry happening across the English Channel and the fact that she spoke with a...
