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Mark 9
Last week we took a break from reading Mark, to hear the story of St. Matthew-the namesake of our parish. It was St. Matthew's day on...
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Pastor Gary
Mar 284 min
Maundy Thursday
There are lots of people named Peter. Not so much Judas. It has kind of gone the way of Adolph or Osama. Peter on the other hand remains...
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Carol Beier
Nov 1, 20233 min
Temple Talk - 10/29/23
The stewardship theme this year is “The Fabric of SMT". As a long-time quilter and fabric lover, this theme was right up my alley. Rick...
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Pastor Gary
Jul 12, 20235 min
Sermon Call of Matthew Pent 2
A global plague, a lantern fly pestilence and so far this year the sun refuses to shine as Canada burns creating havoc for those with...
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Pastor Gary
Apr 7, 20234 min
Lazarus John
Lazarus, four days in the grave, mysteriously and miraculously restored to life. Serendipitously, several people have engaged me this...
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Pastor Gary
Mar 31, 20234 min
Lent 4
“God does not give you more than you can handle.” Of all the pious platitudes pursed from the lips of well-intentioned believers, this...
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Pastor Gary
Mar 6, 20235 min
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, 20224 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, 20226 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, 20214 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, 20215 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, 20216 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, 20216 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, 20217 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, 20212 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, 20215 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, 20217 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, 20215 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, 20217 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, 20216 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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