Sermons from January 2012

By The Rev. Sherry Deets 4 Epiphany – January 29, 2012Mark 1:21-28 So, truthfully, don’t you just dread exorcism stories? I mean, if there’s one kind of biblical story we have a hard time relating to, it has to be this one. Miracle stories are hard enough in our post-Enlightenment, scientific age, but at least we have experience with longing for healing or a desire to feed those who are hungry. But demon-possession? This is simply beyond the experience and…

By The Rev. Sherry Deets 2 Epiphany – January 15, 20121 Samuel 3:1-20 and John 1:43-51 Tomorrow we celebrate the person and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. And Martin Luther King loved to tell his story. He did not want to be a national civil rights leader. He had gone into the ministry mostly because his father was a pastor (his grandfather too) and he always did what Daddy King wanted him to do. Martin wanted a quiet…

By The Rev. Sherry Deets The Baptism of our Lord – January 8, 2012 Mark 1:4-11 “You are my Son, the Beloved; with you I am well pleased.” If you are looking for hope, then remember these words, dwell on them. For in a sentence they contain the entire good news of the Gospel. “You are my Son, the Beloved; with you I am well pleased.” Well, you say, that’s great for Jesus, but what about us? Here’s the great…

By The Rev. Sherry Deets Epiphany – January 1, 2012 Matthew 2:1-12 Happy New Year! Happy Epiphany! Today we celebrate the church feast of Epiphany and begin that church season. So what is Epiphany you ask? Well, Epiphany means, a “showing forth,” or the “revealing of something,” that previously had not been seen. A modern writer described an epiphany as, “an AHA moment,” the moment when the light bulb goes on above our heads. The word epiphany means an appearance…