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Bethany UCC — 294 episodes

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26.05.10. Sermon. Spring Migration: Water from Flint Rock

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26.05.03. Sermon. Spring Migration: Grace for the Wren

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26.04.19. Sermon. Take Root: Rebecca (Finally) Does Improv 🐧

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26.04.19. Sermon. Take Root: Love Over the Long Term

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26.04.12. Sermon. Take Root: Black and White Thinking

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26.04.05. Sermon. Easter: The Strong, Silent Type

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26.03.29. Sermon. Come Away With Me: Comfort, Comfort

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26.03.22. Sermon. Come Away With Me: I've Prepared a Place for You

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26.03.15. Sermon. Come Away With Me: Maybe Jesus Draws a Seahorse

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26.03.08. Sermon. Come Away With Me: Permission Slips

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26.03.01. Sermon. Come Away With Me: Citizens of Another Country

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26.02.22. Sermon. Come Away With Me: What Did You Go Into the Wilderness to See

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26.02.15. Sermon. Unspeakable: The Most Beautiful Story I Know

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26.02.08. Sermon. Unspeakable: A Cross and a Question

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26.02.01. Sermon. Unspeakable: Anger

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26.01.25. Sermon. Beginner’s Mind: Practice

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26.01.18. Sermon. Beginner's Mind: Awe

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26.01.11. Sermon. Beginner's Mind: Uncertainty

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26.01.04. Sermon. Beginner's Mind: Humility

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25.12.24. Sermon. Christmas Eve: Fiddly Little Things

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25.12.21. Sermon. Keep Watch: Those Who Watch For Morning

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25.12.14. Sermon. Keep Watch: Let It Be

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25.12.07. Sermon. Keep Watch: Now You're On The Hook

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25.11.30. Sermon. Keep Watch: The Vigilance that Saves

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25.11.23. Sermon. Free For All: More than Enough 🎉

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25.11.09. Sermon. Free For All: Choose Your Own Adventure

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25.11.02. Sermon. Tune My Heart: Defying Gravity

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25.10.26. Sermon. Tune My Heart: Everything is Relative

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25.10.19. Sermon. Tune My Heart: Burst into a Song

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25.10.05. Sermon. Belongings: The One About Oxen

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25.09.28. Sermon. Belongings: The One About the Lily

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25.09.21. Sermon. Belongings: The One About the Shakers

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25.09.14. Sermon. Belongings: The One About My Butt

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25.08.31. Sermon. Red Flags: We’ve got the joy, joy, joy…

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25.08.24. Sermon. Rev Dr. Katie Hays: We Have Been Warned

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25.08.17. Sermon. Red Flags: Should've Seen It Coming

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25.08.10. Sermon. Red Flags: Take Comfort, the Writing’s on the Wall

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25.08.03. Sermon. Red Flags: get curious, together.

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25.07.27. Sermon. Faith Is Elemental: Bedrock

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25.07.20. Sermon. Faith Is Elemental: Open Water

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25.07.06. Sermon. Faith Is Elemental: Catch Fire

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25.06.29. Sermon. ACT UP: Rude, Rash, Demanding, Effective

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25.06.22. Sermon. Act Up: Meaningless Right Action

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25.06.08. Sermon. Act Up: Get Swept Up

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25.06.01. Sermon. Act Up: A Lateral Move

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25.05.25. Sermon. Sanctuary: Abundance Abounds

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25.05.18. Sermon. Sanctuary: Somebody’s Knocking at Your Door

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25.05.11. Sermon. Sanctuary: Dream Bigger

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25.05.04. Sermon: Sanctuary in the Wilderness

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25.04.27. Sermon. Sanctuarying: How Space Comes Alive

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25.04.20. Sermon. Less: More Than You Know

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25.04.13. Sermon. Taking Sides: The Way Of Love Is Not Neutral

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25.04.06. Sermon. Less: A Human Amount

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25.03.30. Sermon. Less: A Prayer Not By Thomas Keating

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25.03.23. Sermon. Less: Drop Everything

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25.03.16. Sermon. Less: Letting Go

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25.03.09. Sermon. Less: Of God

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25.03.05. Sermon. Less: Más Simple

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25.02.09. Sermon. Playing With Fire: Get Your Hands Dirty

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25.02.02. Sermon. Playing With Fire: Breaking Stuff

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25.01.26. Sermon. Prophetic Imagination: Prophetic Hope

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25.01.19. Sermon. Prophetic Imagination: Grief

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25.01.12. Sermon. Prophetic Imagination: Otherwise

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25.01.05. Sermon. Breaking Point: This Is The Beloved

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24.12.29. Sermon. Breaking Point: Jesus In The Temple

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24.12.24. Sermon. Breaking Point: Christmas Eve

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24.12.22. Sermon. Breaking Point: Patterns

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24.12.15. Sermon. Breaking Point: Practicing Precarity

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24.12.08. Sermon. Breaking Point: Hospitality In A Time Of Breaking News

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24.12.01. Sermon. Breaking Point: Learning To See In The Dark

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24.11.24.Sermon. Help, Thanks, Wow: Thanks Anyways

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24.11.17. Sermon. Help, Thanks, Wow: The Why And The Wow

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24.11.10. Sermon. Help, Thanks, Wow: Is There Life After Wreckage?

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24.11.03. Sermon. Safe and Sound: A Cloud Never Dies

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24.10.27. Sermon. Safe and Sound: Crazy Wisdom

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24.10.20. Sermon. Safe and Sound: Are You Listening?

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24.10.13. Sermon. Safe and Sound: Open Door Policy

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24.10.06. Sermon. Safe and Sound: Let God Be God

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24.09.29. Sermon. Reboot: Touch Grass

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24.09.22. Sermon. Reboot: Pet Blessing Sunday

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24.09.15. Sermon. Rebooted: Work On A Human Scale

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24.09.08. Sermon. Reboot: Old Clocks, New Wine

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24.09.01. Sermon. unCONVENTIONal: King Me

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24.08.25. Sermon. unCONVENTIONal: Swim Toward The Shark

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24.08.11. Sermon. unCONVENTIONal: Loving Your Enemies

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24.08.04. Sermon. unCONVENTIONal: Baptism Sunday

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24.07.28. Sermons. VS: Creator vs. Christ vs. Holy Spirit!

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24.07.21. Sermon. Vs: Cup Of Blessing vs. Bread Of Life

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24.07.15. Sermons. VS: Hope vs. Faith

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24.07.07. Sermon. VS: Green Pastures vs. Still Waters

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24.06.30. Sermon. Setting The Table: I Am Somebody

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24.06.16. Sermon. Setting The Table: Divine HodgePodge

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24.06.09. Testimonials. Setting The Table: Stories From Biloxi

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24.06.02. Sermon. Setting The Table: Hospitality- Coming and Going

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24.05.19. Sermon. Hand To God: Unshakeable

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24.05.12. Sermon. Hand To God: Continuous, Enthusiastic Covenant.

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24.05.05. Sermon. Hand To God: What's (Not) Yours To Promise

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24.04.28. Sermon. Everything That Has Breath: Just Because

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24.04.21. Sermon. Everything That Has Breath: Hope For A Slow-Growth Species"

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24.04.14. Sermon. Everything That Has Breath: A Little Goes A Long Way

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24.04.07. Sermon. Everything That Has Breath: The Last Word About Breath

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24.03.31. Sermon. Disenchanted: An Idle Tale

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24.03.24. Sermon. Disenchanted: Sacred Spaces

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24.03.17. Sermon. Disenchanted: Bone Deep

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24.03.03. Sermon. Disenchanted: God's Beauty Standard

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24.02.25. Sermon. Disenchanted: Action and Miracles

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24.02.18. Sermon. Disenchanted: Hawthorn Tree

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24.02.11. Sermon. Misstakes Were Made: Corrections

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24.02.04. Sermon. Misstakes Were Made: Good Things

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24.01.28. Sermon. Misstakes Were Made: Confession

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24.01.22. Sermon. Leap Of Faith: Déjà Vu

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24.01.14. Sermon. Leap of Faith: Jumping With Purpose

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24.01.07. Sermon. Leap Of Faith: Ready, Set, Go.

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23.12.17. Sermon. All That Glitters: Catching Butterflies

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23.12.10. Sermon. Hollow Ways and Desire Paths

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23.12.3. Sermon. All That Glitters: Our Lady Of the O

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23.11.26. Sermon. Mixed Feelings: Choices

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2023.11.19. Sermon. Mixed Feelings: Re-threading The Beads

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2023.11.12. Sermon. Mixed Feelings: The World Is Bad

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2023.11.5. Sermon: What's In A Name?

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The Dead Rising From The Grave?: Daniel & Halloween

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2023.10.22. Sermon. Apocalypse Now. Revelations.

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2023.10.15. Sermon. Apocalypse Now. Awe.

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2023.10.8. Sermon. Apocalypse Now.

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2023.10.1. Sermon. Pet Blessing Sunday. Wild Goose Chased.

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2023.9.24. Sermon. Make Believe. God's Eye View

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2023.9.10. Sermon. Make Believe. Eye Contact

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2023.9.17 Sermon. Make Believe. Guided Through Imagery

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2023.9.3. Sermon. Make Believe

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2023.8.27. Sermon. Family Recipes. Desperation Pie

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2023.8.20: Sermon. Family Recipes. Comfort Food

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2023.8.13. Sermon: Family Recipes - Marinating on Tradition

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2023.8.6. Sermon: Family Recipes. Tastes like Love

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2023.7.30: Sermon: Living in Harmony. Singing Together

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2023.7.23 Sermon: Living in Harmony. Conflict

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2023.7.16 Sermon: Living in Harmony. Learning

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2023.7.9 Sermon: Living in Harmony. Sing Out!

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2023.6.25 Sermon: Beyond the Binary. Coat of Blessing

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2023.7.2 Sermon: Creation Care. Brimstone

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2023.6.18 Sermon: Beyond the Binary. Good in the Inbetween

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2023.6.11 Sermon: Beyond the Binary. Rainbows and Rain

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2023.6.4 Sermon: Beyond the Binary. Bread and Roses

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2023.5.21 Sermon: Streakers, Shipwrecks, and She-Bears. Love Battle

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2023.5.14 Sermon: Streakers, Shipwrecks, and She-Bears. Ablesim

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2023.5.7 Sermon: Streakers, Shipwrecks, and She-Bears. Weird stories

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2023.4.30 Sermon: Feast Days. Never a Good Time

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2023.4.24 Sermon: Feast Days. Remembering

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2023.4.17 Sermon: Feast Days. Spring Feasts

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2023.4.9 Sermon: Easter Sunday

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2023.4.2 Sermon: Sacred Sketchbook. God as Ordinary

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2023.3.26 Sermon: Sacred Sketchbook. God as Parent

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2023.3.19 Sermon: Sacred Sketchbook. The image-smasher

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2023.3.5 Sermon: Sacred Sketchbook. God as Cryptid

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2023.2.26 Sermon: Sacred Sketchbook. Dark Night

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2023.2.19 Sermon: Bleeding Hearts. Pancakes and Serving

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2023.2.12 Sermon: Bleeding Hearts. Be Tender

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2023.2.5 Sermon: Bleeding Hearts. Earnestness vs Irony

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2023.1.15 Sermon: Let 'er Rip. During the Journey

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2022.11.20 Sermon: Bethany Speaks. Thanksgiving

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2023.1.8 Sermon: Let 'er Rip. Something New

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2023.1.1 Sermon: The Turning of the Year

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2022.12.24 Sermon: Holy Darkness. Christmas Eve

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2022.12.4 Sermon: Holy Darkness. Stories in Shadow

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2022.12.18 Sermon: Holy Darkness. Dreams.

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2022.12.11 Sermon: Holy Darkness. Beginning with Night

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2022.11.27 Sermon: Holy Darkness. Protection of the Dark

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2022.11.13 Sermon: Bethany Speaks. Witnessing, Listening, Pentacost

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2022.11.6 Sermon: Bethany Speaks. Four Preachers

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2022.10.30 Sermon: Be Not Afraid. The Catch-22 of Hope

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2022.10.23 Sermon: Be Not Afraid. The Fear of God

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2022.10.16 Sermon: Be Not Afraid. Dying Alone

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2022.10.9 Sermon: Do Not Be Afraid. Stand Firm

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2022.10.2 Sermon: Pet Blessing Stories

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2022.9.11 Sermon: Mirror, Mirror. Orange You Glad

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2022.9.18 Sermon: Mirror, Mirror. Ugly Duckling

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2022.8.28 Sermon: Wildflowers. Investing in Roots

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2022.8.14 Sermon: Wildflowers. Good Fire

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2022.8.7 Sermon: Wildflowers. To Just Be

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2022.7.31 Sermon: Do-Overs. Christmas in July

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2022.7.25 Sermon: Do-Overs. Rewritten

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2022.7.17 Sermon: Do-Overs. Second Chances.

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2022.7.10 Sermon: Do-Overs. Never Too Late

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2022.7.5 Sermon: Do-Overs. Redemption

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2022.6.26 Sermon: Say Anything. Say PRIDE

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2022.6.19 Sermon: Say Anything. Say Racism

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2022.6.12 Sermon: Say Anything. Say "Trans"

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2022.6.5 Sermon: Say Anything. The Body

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2022.5.29 Sermon: Four Ways to God: Putting it All Together

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2022.5.22 Sermon: Four Ways to God. Heart

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2022.5.15 Sermon: Four Ways to God. Hands

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2022.5.8 Sermon: Four Ways to God. Spirit

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Four Ways to God: Head

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2022.4.24 Sermon: We Ask...Now What?

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2022.4.17 Sermon: Come Back to Life. Easter Sunday

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2022.4.10 Sermon: I Shall Be Released. Palm Sunday

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2022.4.3 Sermon: I Shall Be Released. To Have Without Holding

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2022.3.27 Sermon: I Shall Be Released. Prayer of Commendation

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2022.3.20 I Shall Be Released. Breaking the Rules

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2022.3.6 Sermon: I Shall Be Released. Not Too Soon

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2022.2.27 Sermon: Hollier Than Thou. We The Saints

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2022.2.20 Sermon: Holier Than Thou. St Francis is for the birds.

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2022.2.13 Sermon: Holier Than Thou. St George slays the dragon — and you can too.

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2022.2.6 Sermon: Holier Than Thou. St Brigid gives away the good stuff willy-nilly

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22.1.30 Sermon: Lions, and Giants, and Whales: Miracles and Magic

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22.1.23 Sermon: Lions, and Giants, and Whales: David and Goliath

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22.1.16 Sermon: Lions, and Giants, and Whales: Daniel and the Lion's Den

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Lions, and Giants, and Whales: Jonah and the Big Fish

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22.1.2 Sermon: Drop Into Your Heart

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21.12.24 Sermon: Christmas Future

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21.12.12 Sermon: Imagine A Hero

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21.12.5 Sermon: Origin Stories

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11-28-21 Sermon - Help Is On The Way: Happy New Year!

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11-21-21 Sermon - Foundational: dependence

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11-14-21 Episode - Foundational: closing the gaps

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11-7-21 Sermon - Foundational: rebuilding

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10-31-21 Sermon - Unorthodox: universal salvation

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10-17-21 Sermon - Unorthodox: what do you believe?

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10-10-21 Sermon - Unorthodox: 4 ways to not read the bible literally

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9-19-21 Sermon - everything doesn't happen for a reason

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9-12-21 Sermon - Stone Soup

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9-5-21 Sermon - Rest Awhile

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8-22-21 Sermon - Life Is a Cabaret: Oz

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8-8-21 Sermon - Life Is a Cabaret: tilting at windmills

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8-1-21 Sermon - Life Is a Cabaret: this wasn't supposed to happen

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7-25-21 Sermon - Fun and Games: why so serious?

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7-18-21 Sermon - Fun and Games: win-win

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7-13-21 Sermon - Fun and Games: what's good about it?

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6-27-21 Sermon - Are We There Yet?

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6-20-21 Sermon - Are We There Yet? Climbing Mountains and Running with Horses

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6-13-2021 Sermon - Are We There Yet? Part 2

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6-6-2021 Sermon - Are We There Yet?

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5-30-21 Sermon - System Failure: food

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5-23-21 Sermon - System Failure: church at the end of the world

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5-16-21 Sermon - System Failure: the human cosmos

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5-9-21 Sermon - System Failure: family systems

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5-2-21 Sermon - System Failure: just mercy

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4-18-21 Sermon - Pay Attention: Be Amazed.

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4-11-21 Sermon - Pay Attention: Fresh Start

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4-4-21 Sermon - Loving What Death Has Touched

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3-28-21 Sermon - The End is Near

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3-21-21 Sermon - Party as Dissent

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3-14-21 Sermon - Rules for a New World

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3-7-21 Sermon - Made-Up Holidays

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2-28-21 Sermon - Turn Up the Heat

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2-21-20 Sermon - Party Planning

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2-14-21 Sermon - New Skin

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2-7-21 Sermon - This is 40

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1-31-21 Sermon - Money Matters

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1-24-21 Sermon - Mental Maps

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1-17-21 Sermon - Drawing Lines

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1-10-21 Sermon - Whole Love

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1-3-21 Sermon - Getting Lost

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12-27-20 Sermon - Ugly Jesus

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12-13-20 Sermon - Gaudete, Rejoice

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12-6-20 Sermon - Beautiful Things

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11-22-20 Sermon - Remain Movable

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11-15-20 Sermon - Worshipping in Public

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11-8-20 Sermon - Cracks in the House

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11-1-20 Sermon - A Place for God... and Others

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10-18-20 Sermon - Winter is Coming

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10-11-20 Sermon - What Story Are You Tending?

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9-27-20 Sermon - Get a Life

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9-20-20 Sermon - Compelled by the Story

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9-13-20 Sermon - Nothing Matters. Be Kind.

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3-22-20 Sermon - Journaling

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3-8-20 Sermon - Outer Space

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3-1-20 Sermon - Where My Help Comes From

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2-23-20 Sermon - Into the Unknown

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2-16-20 Sermon - The Next Right Thing

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2-20-20 Sermon - Some Things Never Change

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2-9-20 Sermon - Let It Go

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1-19-20 Sermon - Changing Perspectives

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1-12-20 Sermon - Empty Rocks

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1-5-20 Sermon - Holy Name of Jesus

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12-29-19 Sermon - Convivial

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12-22-19 Sermon - Provoking Wonder

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12-15-19 Sermon - Home

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12-8-19 Sermon - A Breath of Fresh Air

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12-1-19 Sermon - Breathtaking

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11-17-19 Sermon - Believe in the Good News

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11-3-19 Sermon - Longing and Delight

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10-27-19 Sermon - Evil Is Something Real

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9-29-19 Sermon - Becoming Our True Selves

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9-22-19 Sermon - What to Do When Everything Has Changed

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10-13-19 Sermon - Overcoming Evil

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9-15-19 Sermon - Why We Tell Stories

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9-8-19 Sermon - A Single, Bright Thread

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9-1-19 Sermon - Home

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7-21-19 Sermon - A Beautiful Song

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7-28-19 Sermon - The Invisible Conspiracy of Love

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6-23-19 Sermon

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6-16-19 Sermon

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5-26-19 Sermon - It Happened In Bethany

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5-19-19 Sermon - One Of Those Places