Category: Lent
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Turning to One Another (A Sermon on
A sermon given at Colonial Church on March 21, 2021. You can listen to the sermon below or you can watch the Alternative or Traditional service on YouTube. You can also watch the Kids’ Sermon HERE. When Judas had gone out, Jesus said, “Now the son of man has been glorified and God has been glorified in him. If God…
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Faith & … The Table
Hear from Rev. Christian Collins Winn with Rev. Sara Wilhelm Garbers as Christian shares more about our invitation to turn to the table this Lent. Listen to the podcast and then join us on Sunday morning for Christian’s class: “Meeting Christ at the Table: How An Ancient Practice Changes the Way We See God, Each…
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Turning to the Wilderness (A Sermon on Luke 4:1-10)
A sermon given at Colonial Church on February 28, 2021. You can listen to the sermon below or you can watch the Alternative or Traditional service on YouTube. You can also watch the Kids’ Sermon HERE. Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit in the wilderness, where for forty days he…
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Monday Meditation #45: Spiritual Practices
To kick off our Lenten journey, in this Monday Meditation I invite the community to consider the power of practices and share a few that have helped me participate in the Lenten journey of turning.
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Faith & … The Great Turning
Join with me and Dr. Christian Collins Winn in our Winter & Spring Edition of the “Faith &…” podcast. In today’s episode, we’re doing a deep dive into the Lenten season, journeying the way of the Cross and contemplating Jesus’ turn toward Jerusalem.
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Easter Sunrise Audio Experience: Hope Interrupts Death
At Colonial Church where I am a pastor, we typically host a sunrise service. It’s amazing…the group gathered on a hill awaits the morn together. The bagpipes play. A cross is on the hill. And then, like a long awaited miracle, the sun rises and the dawn is reborn. Obviously, in this time of Coronavirus,…
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Good Friday Reflection (Mark 15:40-47)
A reflection given at Colonial Church as a part of the Good Friday Service on April 10, 2020. You can listen below. Or, you can watch the whole service on YouTube. 40 There were also women looking on from a distance; among them were Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the younger and…
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Hope Interrupts (A Sermon on Leviticus 23:1-8)
A sermon given at Colonial Church for Ash Wednesday on February 26, 2020. “The Lord spoke to Moses saying, ‘Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, ‘These are the appointed festivals of the Lord that you shall proclaim as holy convocations, my appointed festivals.’ Six days shall work, be done, but the…
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Holding Each Other Up (A Sermon on Exodus 17:8-16)
This sermon was given at Colonial Church on April 28, 2019. 8 Then Amalek came and fought with Israel at Rephidim. 9 Moses said to Joshua, “Choose some men for us and go out, fight with Amalek. Tomorrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the staff of God in my hand.”…
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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…
Sara Wilhelm Garbers (she/they), M.Div., Ph.D. 