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Hamline Church Sermons — 230 episodes

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June 21, 2026: Pride Sunday - Offering Christ

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June 14, 2026: God on Broadway: RENT

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June 7, 2026: Graduation Sunday - Out of the Boat, Into What's Next

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May 31, 2026: Confirmation Sunday

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May 24, 2026: Everyday Prophets: Sent in the Spirit - Prophets Among Us

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May 17, 2026: Prophetic Organizing for the Realm of God - Prophets Among Us

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May 10, 2026: Mothering Prophets - The Prophets Among Us

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May 3, 2026: Music as Prophetic Witness - Prophets Among Us

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April 19, 2026: Practicing Repair - Prophets Among Us

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April 12, 2026: Peace Be With You: Resurrection in our Midst - Prophets Among Us

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April 5, 2026: Easter Sunday, The Good News is... Alive in the world

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March, 29, 2026: Palm Sunday, the good news is... inspiring us to act

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March 22, 2026: The Good News is... Rooted in Justice, Mercy, & Faithfulness

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March 15, 2026: the good news is... protection and care for the vulnerable

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March 8, 2026: the good news is... together, the impossible is possible

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March 1, 2026: The Good News is... Great Love for God and Neighbor

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February 22, 2026: The good news is... so good it catches us by surprise

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February 18 2026: The good news is... all are invited - Ash Wednesday

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February 15, 2026: When Glory Calms Our Fears - Holy Calm in an Anxious World

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February 8, 2026: Holy Indifference & a Non-Anxious Presence - Holy Calm in an Anxious World

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February 1, 2026: Your Body Is Telling the Truth - Holy Calm in an Anxious World

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January 25, 2026: Small Acts, Big Impacts Rev. Tollgaard

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January 25, 2026: Small Acts, Big Impacts, Rena Moran

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January 23, 2026: Community Prayer Vigil

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January, 18 2026: Let Your Light Shine

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January, 11 2026: Remembrance of Baptism

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January, 4 2026: Epiphany and Star Words

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December 28, 2025: Refuge and Sanctuary

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December, 24, 2025: Making Room - Christmas Eve

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December, 7 2025: Room In Your Heart - Sanctuary

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November 30, 2025: Room, When Pressure is Closing In - Sanctuary

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November 23, 2025: A Deeper Well - The Well That Never Runs Dry

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November 16, 2025: A Deeper Well - Drawn by Love

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November 9, 2025: A Deeper Well - Digging Deeper

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November 2, 2025: A Deeper Well - All Saints Day

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October 26, 2025: The Great Invitation: Human Family - Back to Basics

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October 19, 2025: The Great Invitation - Spirit Empowers

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October 12, 2026: The Great Commission - Teach

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October 5, 2025: The Great Commission - Go

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September 28, 2025: The Great Requirement - Back to Basics

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September 21, 2025: Love Your Neighbor - Back to Basics

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September 14, 2025: Love God Fully - Back to Basics

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September 7, 2025: Foundations for Being Human - Back to Basics

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August 31, 2025: The Weeping Christ, The Healing Light

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August 24, 2025: God on Broadway - Godspell

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August 17, 2025: Flowing Water - Summer in the Spirit

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August 10, 2025: Be The Light - Summer in the Spirit

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August 3, 2025: A New Vision - Summer in the Spirit

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July 27, 2025: A New Vision - Summer in the Spirit

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July 20, 2025: Preparing Space - Summer in the Spirit

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July 13, 2025: Mary Poppins - God on Broadway

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July 6, 2025: God is Love - Summer in the Spirit

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June 29, 2025: Beyond the Center - United in Pride

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June 22, 2025: God, My God, She Takes Pride in Me - United in Pride

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June 15, 2025: God on Broadway - The Gospel According to The Lion King

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June 8, 2025: Pentecost - Graduation Sunday

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June 1, 2025: Confirmation Sunday - Believing Into Christ

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May 25, 2025: Tree of Life - Believing Into Christ

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May 18, 2025: A New World - Believing Into Christ

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May 11, 2025: Springs of Living Water - Believing Into Christ

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May 4, 2025: Compassionate Care - Believing Into Christ

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April 27, 2025: Embodied Believing - Believing Into Christ

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April 20, 2025: Grief & Hope - Everything [in] Between Easter Sunday

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April 13, 2025: Shouting & Silence - Everything [in] Between Palm Sunday

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April 6, 2025: Richness & Mercy - Everything [in] Between

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March 30, 2025: Lost and found - Everything [in] Between

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March 23, 2025: Rest & Growth - Everything [in] Between

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March 16, 2025 Faith and Works - Everything [in] Between

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March 9, 2025: Stranger and Neighbor - Everything [in] Between

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March 5, 2025: Intention and Action - Everything [in] Between Ash Wednesday

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March 2, 2025: Sabbath and New Creation - Rest is Resistance

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February 23, 2025: Building Capacity to Make Change - Rest is Resistance

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February 16, 2025: Space to Dream - Rest is Resistance

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February 9, 2025: What Makes for Good Rest - Rest is Resistance

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February 2, 2025: Rest is Resistance

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January 19, 2025: Refuge in the Shadow of God's Wings - Epiphany

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January 12, 2025: Remembrance of Baptism - Epiphany

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January 5, 2025: The Road Isn't Straight - Words for the Beginning

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December 29, 2024: Christmastide - Words for the Beginning

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December 24, 2024: Love Knows Your Name - Christmas Eve - Words for the Beginning

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December 22, 2024: Hope is Worth the Risk - Words for the Beginning (Advent)

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December 8, 2024: We Can't Go Alone - Words for the Beginning

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December 1, 2024: You are a Blessing - Words for the Beginning Advent

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November 24, 2024: Heritage - Generations of Generosity

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November 17, 2024: Blessed - Generations of Generosity

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November 10, 2024: Spurring One Another On - Generations of Generosity

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November 03, 2024: All Saints Sunday

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October 27, 2024: Building on Rock - Jesus' Alternative Plan

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October 20, 2024: Judging Others - Jesus' Alternative Plan

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October 13, 2024: True Piety - Jesus' Alternative Plan

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October 6, 2024 We Can't Eat Money - Jesus' Alternative Plan

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September 29, 2024: Love Your Enemies - Jesus' Alternative Plan

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September 22, 2024: The Law Fulfilled - Jesus' Alternative Plan

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September 15, 2024: Salt and Light - Jesus' Alternative Plan

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September 8, 2024: The Beatitudes - Jesus' Alternative Plan

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September 1, 2024: A Place of Welcome

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August 25, 2024: On Purpose - Will Purpose Make Me Happy

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August 18, 2024: On Purpose - No Time is Wasted

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August 11, 2024: On Purpose - The Pursuit of Happiness

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August 4, 2024: On Purpose - Purpose is Present

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July 21, 2024: On Purpose - Who Am I

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July 14, 2024: On Purpose - What is a Purpose

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July 7, 2024: On Purpose - Why Am I Here

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June 30, 2024: Justice & Joy: Living Our Commitment Forward

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June 23, 2024: Justice & Joy - From Injustice to Justice and Joy

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June 16, 2024: Justice & Joy - Becoming a Reconciling Congregation

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June, 9 2024: Justice & Joy - Diverse Gifts

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May 26, 2024: Living Our Principles - Past, Present, and Future

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May 19, 2024: Living Our Principles - The Economic Community

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May 12, 2024: Living Our Principles - The Social Community

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May 5, 2024: Living Our Principles - The Social Community

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April 28, 2024: Living Our Principles - The Political Community

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April 21, 2024: Living Our Principles - Community of All Creation

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April 14, 2024: Living Our Principles | Introduction - Our Social Creed

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April 7, 2024 | Easter II

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March 31, 2024 | Easter

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March 24, 2024 | Palm/Passion Sunday

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March 17, 2024 | Rend Our Hearts: Lent 5 - Prophesy to the Bones

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March 10, 2024 | Rend Our Hearts: Lent 4 - Come Peaceably

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March 3, 2024 | Rend Our Hearts - Lent 3

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February 25, 2024 | Rend Our Hearts: Lent 2 - Called to Go

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February 18, 2024 | Rend Our Hearts: Lent 1 - What Have You Done?

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February 14, 2024 | Ash Wednesday

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February 11, 2024 | Tech Savvy - Tech-Savvy Jesus

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February 4, 2024 | Tech Savvy - To Tell the Truth: Discerning Fact from Fiction

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January 28, 2024 | Hamline Women's Sunday - The power of prayer, faith and community

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January 21, 2024 | Tech Savvy - Social Media: Social Faith

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January 14, 2024 | Tech Savvy - Everything Everywhere All At Once… Matters & Doesn’t Matter

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January 7, 2024 | Tech Savvy - Addicted to our Screens?

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December 31, 2023 | Epiphany Celebration and Star Words

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December 24, 2023: Christmas Message

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December 10, 2023: Advent 3 - How does a weary world rejoice? We allow ourselves to be amazed

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December 3, 2023 | Advent 2 - How Does a Weary World Rejoice? We find joy in connection

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November 26, 2023 | Advent 1 - How Does a Weary World Rejoice? We Acknowledge Our Weariness

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November 19, 2023 | Releasing God's Blessings: Overflowing Blessings

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November 12, 2023 | Releasing God's Blessings: Blessed People Bless Others – The Grace of Increase

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November 5, 2023 | Releasing God’s Blessings: A Legacy of Blessings “I Know Who I Am”

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October 29, 2023 | Living Faith-The Wesleyan Way | Watching Over One Another in Love: The Importance of Christian Community

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October 22, 2023 | Living Faith-The Wesleyan Way | Personal and Social Holiness

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October 15, 2023 | Living Faith-The Wesleyan Way | Stay in Love with God

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October 8, 2023 | Living Faith-The Wesleyan Way | Do Good

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October 1, 2023 | Living Faith-The Wesleyan Way | Do No Harm

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September 24, 2023 | Living Faith-The Wesleyan Way | Warming My Heart

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September 17, 2023 | Living Faith-The Wesleyan Way | Grace: The Foundation for Wesleyan Faith

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September 10, 2023 | Living Faith-The Wesleyan Way | The Prequel: John Wesley

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September 3, 2023 | Everything in it's Season

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August 27, 2023 | Lessons from the Hamline Church Dining Hall

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August 20, 2023 | Youth Mission Trip Sunday

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August 13, 2023 | Heroes of the Faith: Those Who Live in Kinship

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August 6, 2023 | Heroes of the Faith: When 5 Women Changed the World

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July 30, 2023 | Heroes of the Faith: Joseph

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July 23, 2023 | Heroes of the Faith: Ruth & Naomi

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July 16, 2023 | Heroes of the Faith: Daughters of Zelophehad

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July 9, 2023 | Heroes of the Faith: Esther

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July 2, 2023 | Heroes of the Faith: Lydia

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June 25, 2023 | PRIDE Celebration

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June 18, 2023 | Heroes of the Faith: Rahab

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June 11, 2023 | Heroes of the Faith: Deborah

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May 28, 2023 | Celebrate! Reset Direction

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May 14, 2023 | Celebrate! Unity

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May 7, 2023 | Celebrate! Diversity

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April 30, 2023 | Heritage Sunday

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April 23, 2023 | Earthkeepers Sunday

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April 16, 2023 | Easter II

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April 9, 2023 | Easter Sunday

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April 2, 2023 | Palm/Passion Sunday

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March 26, 2023 | Lent 5: We Are Fragile

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March 19, 2023 | Lent 4: We Often Believe We Are the Problem

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March 12, 2023 | Lent 3: Lots of Things Can Be Medicine

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March 5, 2023 | Lent 2: So Much is Out of Our Control

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February 26, 2023 | Lent 1: Ordinary Lives Can Be Holy

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February 19, 2023 | Schism, Division, What is happening to the UMC? Glad You Asked!

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February 12, 2023 | How do I talk about my faith with others? Glad You Asked!

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February 5, 2023 | What is Religious Trauma and How Can Healing Occur? Glad You Asked!

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January 29, 2023 | United Methodist Women/Hamline Women’s Sunday: Mosaic of Faith

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January 22, 2023 | How Do We Move Beyond Biblical Literalism? Glad You Asked!

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January 15, 2023 | What is the Role of Imagination in Relating to God? Glad You Asked!

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January 8, 2023 | What Does it Mean to be Called by God? Glad You Asked!

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December 25, 2022 | Christmas Day

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December 24, 2022 | Christmas Eve

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December 14, 2022 | Blue Christmas

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December 11, 2022 | Singing Mary's Song: Advent 3

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December 4, 2022 | Singing Mary’s Song: Advent 2

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November 27, 2022 | Singing Mary’s Song: Advent 1

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November 20, 2022 | Grace in Action: The Good Samaritan

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November 13, 2022 | Grace in Action: The Prodigal

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November 6, 2022 | Grace in Action: Creation

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October 30, 2022 | All Saint's Day

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October 23, 2022 | Jesus deConstructed: Rediscovering Jesus as Presence

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October 16, 2022 | Jesus deConstructed: Rediscovering Jesus as WAY

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October 9, 2022 | Jesus deConstructed: Jesus as Lord

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October 2, 2022 | Jesus deConstructed: Jesus as Savior

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September 25, 2022 | Jesus deConstructed: Jesus as Teacher

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September 18, 2022 | Jesus deConstructed: Jesus as Friend

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September 11, 2022 | Jesus deConstructed: Rediscovering Jesus

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September 4, 2022 | Speaking of Faith: Meeting God at The Table(s)

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August 28, 2022 | Speaking of Faith: I Love to Tell the Story

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August 21, 2022 | Speaking of Faith: From Kingdom to Kindom

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August 14, 2022 | Speaking of Faith: All the More

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August 7, 2022 | Speaking of Faith: Practicing Silence

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July 31, 2022 | Speaking of Faith: The People Called Methodists

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July 24, 2022 | Speaking of Faith: Stories of God’s Hope at Work in Our Lives

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July 17, 2022 | Speaking of Faith: Introduction

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July 10, 2022 | The Difficult Words of Jesus: Love Your Enemy!

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July 3, 2022 | The Difficult Words of Jesus: Your Father the Devil

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June 26, 2022 | The Difficult Words of Jesus: Love One Another

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June 19, 2022 | The Difficult Words of Jesus: Sell what you own

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June 12, 2022 | The Difficult Words of Jesus: Outer Darkness

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May 29, 2022 | The Difficult Words of Jesus: Judge Not

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May 22, 2022 | Celebration of Ministry: Heritage Sunday

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May 15, 2022 | Celebration of Ministry: United Methodist Women's Sunday

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May 8, 2022 | The Difficult Words of Jesus: Hate Mother & Father

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April 24, 2022 | Celebration of Ministry: Earthkeepers

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April 17 2022 | Easter : An Expansive Life

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April 10, 2022 | Full to the Brim: Even the Stones Cry Out

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April 3, 2022 | Full to the Brim: Brazen Acts of Beauty

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March 27, 2022 | Full to the Brim: Prodigal Grace

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March 20, 2022 | Full to the Brim: You are worthy

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March 13, 2022 | Full to the Brim: Under God's Wing

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March 6, 2022 | Full to the Brim: Even in the Desert

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March 2, 2022 | Full to the Brim: Ash Wednesday

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February 27, 2022 | Building Beloved Community: Unveiled

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February 20, 2022 | Building Beloved Community: How to Create Change

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February 13, 2022 | Building Beloved Community: The Church and the Color Line

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February 6, 2022 | Building Beloved Community

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January 30, 2022 | Mental Health: The Other Pandemic

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January 23, 2022 | Mental Health: The Other Pandemic

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January 16, 2022 | Epiphany: Jesus’ First Miracle

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January 9, 2022 | Epiphany: Baptism of our Lord & Remembrance of Baptism

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January 2, 2022 | Epiphany: Journey of Hope