Lent 2
I was having Fish n Chips at Elysian Cafe this week (excellent choice by the way). Sitting at the counter, a woman seated close to me...
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Mark Singleton
- Jun 23, 2022
- 4 min
Legion
Good morning! I really didn’t prepare a sermon today since Pastor Gary got sick last minute but I couldn’t let the day pass without at...
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Pastor Gary
- Jan 16, 2022
- 6 min
Water to Wine: Let's Keep the Hope
180 gallons. That’s the number 180 gallons of wine. And not 180 gallons of MD 2020 but a hundred and 80 gallons of Laffite Rothschild....
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Pastor Gary
- Apr 25, 2021
- 4 min
That Languishing Feeling: Good Sheperd Sunday Sermon
People love the 23rd Psalm. They love its poetry, bucolic imagery, the acute acknowledgment of life’s pain, and its hopefulness. The...
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Pastor Gary
- Apr 6, 2021
- 5 min
The Easter Story is About Us
My friends Herb and Edith, both in their late nineties went into an elder care home in Paramus. It was a big move after 70 years in the...
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Pastor Gary
- Mar 28, 2021
- 6 min
Palm Sunday: Remembering Our Friends
Palm Sunday is one of my favorite Sundays of the year. One of the chief reasons for this is that pastors usually don’t preach on this...
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Pastor Gary
- Mar 21, 2021
- 6 min
What We Lose in Order to Live
My nephew Jake used to think that I was a celebrity. I once went to Alaska to visit a friend and Jake sat glued to every episode of “Last...
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Mark Singleton
- Mar 14, 2021
- 7 min
Fear of Easter
For by grace you have been saved through faith, and this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God. Good morning friends. When I first...
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Pastor Gary
- Feb 18, 2021
- 2 min
Ash Wednesday
Pandemic, civil unrest, job loss, what’s next? A plague of locus? Great news, there is a plague of locus- in the first lesson form Joel....
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Pastor Gary
- Feb 15, 2021
- 5 min
Transfiguration Sunday: Remaining Faithful
Transfiguration Sunday. The Sunday before we begin Lent. I looked at my notes from last year’s sermon. As February drew to a close, an...
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Mark Singleton
- Feb 1, 2021
- 7 min
“What have you to do with us, Jesus?"
Good Morning again as we gather to relax, reflect and imagine just what the living God among us really looks like this Pentecost...
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Pastor Gary
- Jan 24, 2021
- 5 min
The Birth of Hope for the Hopeless
For those of you, and this includes me who are not cradle Lutherans but came to our tradition later in life, there is a part of that...
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Pastor Gary
- Jan 18, 2021
- 7 min
The Power of Vision: A Sermon for MLK, Jr. Day
First rule of preaching: don’t talk about your parishioners in the sermon. I'm breaking that rule. The day before Thanksgiving, I saw...
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Pastor Gary
- Jan 11, 2021
- 6 min
Let's Repent
It was certainly nice hearing a sermon last week and not giving one. Spike did a tremendous job. It’s not an easy task. I am blessed, we...
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Spike Enzweiler
- Jan 10, 2021
- 8 min
The Prologue to 2021
So here we are. It’s a new year, and after some uplifting psalms and readings, we get hit with this hefty specimen called the prologue to...
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Pastor Gary
- Dec 21, 2020
- 5 min
The Story of Mary: It's Meant for Today
This is my favorite picture of Madonna and Child. It is by Paul Gauguin and hangs in the met. I especially like it when there is a foot...
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Pastor Gary
- Dec 14, 2020
- 5 min
Sing Safely, But Sing Nonetheless
I’m going to let you in on a little secret. The kid’s from church recorded the ending of the Christmas Eve service this morning. The...
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Pastor Gary
- Nov 30, 2020
- 5 min
Judge This Book By Its Cover
Now available at many bookstores on-line, fake book jackets. Covers for your books so that people don’t really know what you are reading....
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Pastor Gary
- Nov 22, 2020
- 5 min
Jesus is Coming to Hoboken!
(sermon displayed as spoken) I am very happy to report this morning that Jesus is coming to Hoboken! That’s right you can catch him at...
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Mark Singleton
- Nov 8, 2020
- 7 min
We're Already at the Banquet
Grace, Mercy and Peace to you from God our creator, redeemer and life-giving spirit. Good morning. People who know me know I have a bit...
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