by Federated Church East Arlington | Sep 7, 2022 | past sermons
Luke 14:1, 7-14 “Honor” August 28, 2022 The word honor is fascinating. An honor can be given to someone after acts of bravery, achieving a certain level of success, or being the best at something. Think about how we honor people. Yesterday here we honored the life of...
by Federated Church East Arlington | Sep 7, 2022 | past sermons
Luke 14: 25-33 “Giving Up” September 4, 2022 The word hate gets thrown around our culture pretty easily. There are actually people who hate the Boston Red Sox – I know, isn’t that hard to believe? There are people who hate television news stations – take your pick of...
by Federated Church East Arlington | Aug 28, 2022 | past sermons
Luke 13:10-17 “Freedom” August 21, 2022 Think back to how you experienced sabbath as a child. I’m old enough to remember blue laws being in effect in the 60s when the only stores that were open was a little corner store until noon – expressly for selling the Sunday...
by Federated Church East Arlington | Aug 28, 2022 | past sermons
Luke 12:49-56 “For Now” August 14, 2022 It was not the coldest Ash Wednesday but the weather on this past March2nd still had the ability to chill my dear colleague Rev. Mary White and I to the bone. We had bundled up with multiple layers and had tried repeatedly to...
by Federated Church East Arlington | Aug 28, 2022 | past sermons
Luke 12:13-21 “Treasured” July 31, 2022 I couldn’t make it, but if you happened to be in Palm Beach, Florida this past March you could have had your pick of them. If your budget was relatively modest, you could get a 203-foot used one named Sea Owl that included...
by Federated Church East Arlington | Aug 12, 2022 | past sermons
Luke 12: 32-40 “Ready or Not” August 7, 2022 It happened again a few weeks ago and I’m always in awe when it does. I was meeting with the family of a woman whose graveside service I was going to be doing and the words that always stop me in my tracks was offered up by...
