by Rev. Claire Klein | Mar 2, 2025 | Sermons
Holy Humor/ Mardi Gras Service, 3/2/2025, Lyndale UCC Rev. Claire Klein Have you ever had that moment when you felt like you shouldn’t be laughing but you just can’t help it? And then it’s even funnier because you can’t let it out? Like tears in your eyes as you...
by L. Gail Irwin | Feb 16, 2025 | Sermons
Gospel Reading: Luke 6:17-27 It’s late Epiphany season, and the lectionary takes us with Jesus into Galilee, where he is traveling from town to town, healing and teaching, accompanied now by a group of disciples who have chosen to follow him. People came to be...
by L. Gail Irwin | Feb 9, 2025 | Sermons
Hebrew Scripture: Isaiah 6:1-8 Gospel Reading: Luke 5:1-11 Have you ever woken up in the morning, or laid awake at night, with an overwhelming feeling of inadequacy – You go over the stupid things you said or did yesterday with regret You think about how your skill...
by Rev. Dr. Rebecca Voelkel | Feb 2, 2025 | Sermons
Scripture: Luke 4: 21-30 I am open, and I am willing, for to be hopeless would seem so strange, it dishonors those who go before us, so lift me up to the light of change. Holy One, light of change, touch my mouth and all of our hearts. Amen. I have to be honest that I...
by L. Gail Irwin | Jan 19, 2025 | Sermons
Scripture: I Corinthians 12: 4-11 It’s a bit surreal to have the inauguration of this particular new president falling on the same day we honor Rev. Martin Luther King tomorrow. The contrast between the visions of Dr. King and Donald Trump could not be starker. The...
by L. Gail Irwin | Dec 24, 2024 | Sermons
Scripture: Luke 2:1-20 All Through Advent we reflected on the different characters around Jesus’ birth: They lived in a culture with deep injustices and inequities Their nation had been conquered by other nations they had been exiled and then had to return and rebuild...
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