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“Superzipped”
On January 21, 2012, The Wall Street Journal published “The New American Divide,” the Saturday essay by Charles Murray. This essay has attracted a lot of attention because it listed Kenilworth as the #1 “superzip” in America, from 882 super zip codes where residents score in the 95th through the 99th percentile on a combined measure of income [...]
Read More...“Between Heaven and Mirth”
“And Sarah said, God hath made me to laugh, so that all that hear will laugh with me.” -Genesis 21: 6 How could anyone find humor in an Ash Wednesday service funny? James Martin, in his book, Between Heaven and Mirth, writes, “I always perk up when the priest on Ash Wednesday reads the Gospel passage that [...]
Read More...“Resolutions…WILLPOWER”
“Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already been made perfect, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me. Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward [...]
Read More...“The Art of Possibility”
One Christmas when our children were young, John and I took them to the Adler Planetarium to see the show called, Mystery of the Christmas Star. As the auditorium went black, we tilted back in the tall chairs and traveled back in time getting a scientific explanation of the celestial event that prompted the Magi to travel to Bethlehem. As we sat there in the darkness I imagined what it would have been like for the magi to travel the 800 or so miles on their journey between their homeland and Jerusalem.
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February
- “Superzipped”
Dr. Andrew Chaney
January
- “Between Heaven and Mirth”
Dr. Andrew Chaney - “Resolutions…WILLPOWER”
Dr. Andrew Chaney - “The Art of Possibility”
Rev. Jane Lionberger - “Beginning Again”
Rev. Jane Lionberger
December
- “God’s Choice”
Rev. Sarah Garcia - “Being the Family of God”
Dr. Andrew Chaney - “Prepare for Christmas”
Dr. Andrew Chaney
November
- "Check Your Priorities"
Dr. Andrew Chaney - “Pause and Give Thanks”
Dr. Andrew Chaney - Jesus' Rules of the Road
Rev. Jane Lionberger - “A Threat and A Promise”
Rev. Sarah Garcia
October
- “Come Before Winter”
Dr. Andrew Chaney - “We Connect Through Giving”
Dr. Andrew Chaney - “Feeling Anxious”
Dr. Andrew Chaney - “The Crowd We Run With”
Dr. Gilbert Bowen - “World Communion”
Dr. Andrew Chaney
September
- “Good Intentions”
Dr. Andrew Chaney - “When Life Seems Unfair”
Dr. Andrew Chaney - “Resilience”
Dr. Andrew Chaney - Labor Day Sermon
Rev. Sarah Garcia
August
- “When the Heart Cries Out”
Rev. Sarah Garcia - “When God Becomes Real”
Dr. Bobbie McKay - The Gift of Wisdom
Rev. Jane Lionberger - “Practice What You Preach”
Rev. Jane Lionberger - “Trapped in a Hole”
Rev. Jane Lionberger
July
- “Deep Clean”
Dr. Andrew Chaney - “Under Pressure?”
Dr. Andrew Chaney - “Weeds in the Garden”
Dr. Andrew Chaney - “Life in Balance”
Dr. Andrew Chaney - Fourth of July, 2011
Rev. Sarah Garcia
June
- “Encouragement’s Power”
Dr. Andrew Chaney - The Last Word
Rev. Jane Lionberger - The Last Word
Rev. Jane Lionberger - The Last Word
Rev. Jane Lionberger - On a Spiritual Journey
Dr. Andrew Chaney
May
- Love is Alive
Rev. Sarah Garcia - Beyond Listening
Dr. Andrew Chaney - Youth Sunday
Carrie Hoza - Honoring Mothers
Dr. Andrew Chaney - In God's Garden
Dr. Andrew Chaney - Secure in God’s Goodness
Rev. Jane Lionberger
April
- Easter’s Mysterious Hope
Dr. Andrew Chaney - The Sacred Procession
Dr. Andrew Chaney - The Joy of Altruism
Dr. Andrew Chaney - As If It Were Up to Us
Rev. Sarah Garcia
March
- The Blessing of Being Fully Known
Rev. Jane Lionberger - Feeling Prodigal
Dr. Andrew Chaney - Strength During Temptation
Dr. Andrew Chaney