Author: Sara WG
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The I AM: A Sermon for MLK Sunday (Exodus 3:1-15)
Sermon given at Colonial Church on the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Sunday, January 19, 2020. You can listen to the sermon online. 1 Moses was keeping the flock of his father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian; he led his flock beyond the wilderness, and came to Horeb, the mountain of God. 2 There the angel of the…
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Love Story: Abby & Isaac’s Garden + T-Swift Wedding Meditation
*Note: My cousin Abby LOVES Taylor Swift. A few months ago, there was a viral tweet which invited people to list their top ten Taylor Swift songs. Since Abby isn’t on Twitter, I texted her to ask her top ten T-Swift songs and she responded with the following (of course, she didn’t exactly follow the…
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Jordan Matthew Tommerdahl: Reflections on Jordan, Mental Health, & God’s Love
Jordan Matthew Tommerdahl: 12/9/1992 – 11/27/2019 You can read Jordan’s obituary here. You can donate to the Jordan Matthew Tommerdahl Scholarship Fund here. Romans 8:31-39 The Message (MSG, with my paraphrase ) So, what do you think? With God on our side like this, how can we lose? If God didn’t hesitate to put everything on the line…
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On Being a Bad Neighbor (A Sermon on Genesis 16)
A sermon given at Colonial Church on November 24, 2019. 16 Now Sarai, Abram’s wife, bore him no children. She had an Egyptian slave-girl whose name was Hagar, 2 and Sarai said to Abram, “You see that the Lord has prevented me from bearing children; go in to my slave-girl; it may be that I…
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Strangers in the Land (A Sermon on Deuteronomy 10:12-22)
Sermon given at Colonial Church on September 29, 2019. You can listen to the sermon online. 10:12 So now, O Israel, what does the Lord your God require of you? Only to fear the Lord your God, to walk in all God’s ways, to love God, to serve the Lord your God with all your heart…
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I Am the True Vine (A Sermon on John 15:1-17)
A sermon given at Colonial Church on August 11, 2019. “I am the true vine, and my Father is the vine grower. He removes every branch in me that bears no fruit. Every branch that bears fruit, he prunes to make it bear more fruit. If you have already been cleansed by the word that…
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I AM the Way, the Truth, and the Life (A Sermon on John 14:1-7)
A sermon given at Colonial Church on July 28, 2019. Do not let your hearts be troubled. Believe in God. Believe also in me, in my father’s house, there are many dwelling places. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you? And if I…
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I am the Light of the World (A Sermon on John 8:12-20)
A sermon given at Colonial Church on June 30, 2019 for the 4th of July. Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness but will have the light of life.” Then the Pharisees said to him, “You are testifying on your own behalf;…
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A Litany for Father’s Day
To you who have nurtured us, who have lived so that we might flourish and find life. To you who have cared for our becoming, who have given of yourself to make our futures possible. To you, our fathers, who co-labored us into being. To you, our fathers, who adopted us as your own. To…
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New Land (A Sermon on Joshua 1:1-11)
A sermon given at Colonial Church on Ascension Sunday 2019. 1 After the death of Moses the servant of the Lord, the Lord spoke to Joshua son of Nun, Moses’ assistant, saying, 2 “My servant Moses is dead. Now proceed to cross the Jordan, you and all this people, into the land that I am…
Sara Wilhelm Garbers (she/they), M.Div., Ph.D. 