Category: preaching
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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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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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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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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…
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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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Blessing the Dust (An Ash Wednesday Reflection on II Corinthians 5:20-6:10)
Given at Colonial Church on Ash Wednesday March 6, 2019. 5:20 So we are ambassadors for Christ, since God is making his appeal through us; we entreat you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God. 21 For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the…
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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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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…
Sara Wilhelm Garbers (she/they), M.Div., Ph.D. 