by Rev. Dr. Rebecca Voelkel | Apr 5, 2020 | Sermons
Matthew 21:1-11 Holy One, across these miles, we ask that you might draw us together. Touch my mouth and all of our hearts that the words of about to be spoken and the words about to be heard might, somehow, be your word. Amen. This morning is Palm Sunday. And in...
by Rev. Dr. Rebecca Voelkel | Mar 8, 2020 | Sermons
John 3:1-17 Listen here: Will you join me in singing our prayer: God, listen to your children praying. God, send your spirit in this place. God, listen to your children praying. Send us love, send us power, send us grace. When I preach, I normally like to begin with a...
by Rev. Dr. Rebecca Voelkel | Mar 1, 2020 | Sermons
Matthew 4:1-11 Will you pray with me? Ubi caritas et amor, ubi caritas, Deus ibi est. When I was ordained and in my first call as pastor at Spirit of the Lakes, I had a mentor through a program of the national United Church of Christ. His name was Bill Webber and he...
by Rev. Dr. Rebecca Voelkel | Dec 24, 2019 | Sermons
I love Christmas Eve… as a child of the North, I love the warmth amidst the often-bitter cold. I love the soft yellow light of candles and Christmas trees illuminated after a 4 pm sunset. I love the stars that shine even amidst the light pollution of the city—as if...
by Rev. Dr. Rebecca Voelkel | Dec 8, 2019 | Sermons
Matthew 3:1-12 Listen here: O Come, O Come, Emmanuel and ransom captive Israel that mourns in lonely exile here…. Until the Child of God appear. Rejoice, rejoice, Emmanuel, shall come to you, O Israel. Sometimes when there is a prescribed season of the church (like...
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