Category: Church
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The Story to be Written (An Easter Meditation on John 21:15-25)
I tag-team preached with Jeff this Easter morning in 2019. Dawn Harrell had died that morning. “When they had finished breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, ‘Simon, son of John, do you love me more than these?’ He said to him, ‘Yes, Lord, you know that I love you.’ Jesus said to him, ‘Feed my…
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Rise Up (A Sermon on I Corinthians 15:12-20)
This sermon was given at Colonial Church on February 11, 2019. 12 Now if Christ is proclaimed as raised from the dead, how can some of you say there is no resurrection of the dead? 13 If there is no resurrection of the dead, then Christ has not been raised; 14 and if Christ has…
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The Good News in Which You Stand (A Sermon on I Corinthians 15:1-11)
This sermon was given at Colonial Church on February 4, 2019. 15 Now I would remind you, brothers and sisters, of the good news that I proclaimed to you, which you in turn received, in which also you stand, 2 through which also you are being saved, if you hold firmly to the message that…
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For Onto Us a Child is Born (A Christmas Sermon on Isaiah 9:2-7)
This was part one of a two part sermon given on Christmas Eve 2018. I did the first part and Daniel Harrell did the second part. The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light. Those who lived in the land of deep darkness, on them a light has shined. You have multiplied…
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Lessons & Carols: The Third Lesson (A Reflection on Luke 2:25-35)
What does it mean to wait for the consolation from suffering inside of a history that spans generations? Advent hope and longing for the promise yet to be realized, while still we wait and hope through the night, clinging to the promise in our hearts, the flicker of a love that reminds us—no matter the…
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Advent. Day 3: Elizabeth. “Bearing New Things”
Note: This post originally appeared as a part of Colonial Church’s 2018 Advent Devotional Series. I finalized the edits for it on the night that my baby quit having a heartbeat…I got home around 10pm to discover that I, at 9.5 weeks pregnant, was bleeding and we ended up losing the baby. The profound nature…
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A Story of G: The Candle Burning
Note: This was written at a conference I went to called Sage-ing. It’s about aging with wisdom, and incorporating intentional spirituality into this journey. I went out of the generous invitation of a member at Colonial Church as we prayerfully consider what it would look like to start an “Act III” ministry. During the conference I went to…
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Showing Up in the Arena (A Summary of Camp Pyro)
This sermon was a quick summary of the week I got to spend with the students at Camp Pyro. Given at Colonial Church on August 12, 2018. For it is as if a man, going on a journey, summoned his slaves and entrusted his property to them, to one he gave five talents, to another…
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Breathe Out (A Sermon on II Corinthians 5:16-21)
Preached at Colonial Church on June 17, 2018. From now on therefore, we regard no one from a human point of view even though we once knew Christ from a human point of view, we know him no longer in that way. So, if anyone is in Christ, there is a new creation. Everything old…
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Breathe In (A Sermon on Joshua 1:7-9)
Preached at Colonial Church on June 10, 2018. Only be strong and very courageous. Be careful to act in accordance with all the law that my servant Moses commanded you. Do not turn from it to the right hand or to the left so that you may be successful wherever you go. This book of…
Sara Wilhelm Garbers (she/they), M.Div., Ph.D. 