Category: Ethics
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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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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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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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“Into Your Hands” (A Maundy Thursday Sermon on Luke 23:44-49)
Sermon given on Maundy Thursday 2019 at Colonial Church. It has been edited. 44 It was about noon, and darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon, 45 because of an eclipse of the sun. Then the curtain in the sanctuary was torn in two, 46 and Jesus uttered a loud cry…
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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…
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On Taking Back Our Power
The original version of this post appeared on Minnesota Interfaith Power and Light. You can access the text on their website or learn more about their work. I recently had the opportunity to preach at a local community of faith and I chose to talk about when Jesus met the woman at the well. Jesus…
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The Foolishness of the Cross (A Maundy Thursday Sermon on I Corinthians 1:18-31; with Jeff Lindsay)
This sermon was co-preached at Colonial Church for Maundy Thursday of Lent on March 29, 2018. You can listen to the sermon HERE. For the message about the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. For it is written, ‘I will…
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Sara Wilhelm Garbers (she/they), M.Div., Ph.D. 