The following is a sermon preached by Rev. Nathan Dell based on the text of “Lift Every Voice and Sing” by James
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The following sermon is an excerpt from Shook Foil Books Young Preachers Compilation, a collection of twenty thoughtful sermons from young (under forty-years-old) church leaders. Springing from a diverse array of ministry contexts, these sermons reveal the strength, creativity, and
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Editor’s Note: We’ve spent the last few weeks reflecting on what our Christian faith has to say to our current systems of healthcare and health insurance. With today’s article, we take a step back and reflect on the healing and wholeness that, as earlier authors have claimed, lies close to
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The following sermon was preached by Rev. Patrick Heery on November 13, 2013, at the Presbyterian Center’s weekly chapel service. We lift it up this week on Unbound in commemoration of the biblical “Massacre of the Infants,” even as we remember the present-day altars upon which so many of our
MoreThe following is a sermon preached by Rev. Nathan Dell based on the text of “Lift Every Voice and Sing” by James Weldon Johnson, Hymn #339 in Glory to God. Two widely known prayers that are often set to music are the Lord’s Prayer and the Prayer of St. Francis
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This reflection for common ground was written as a part of the Ignatian Solidarity Network’s Fall Call for Immigration Reform. Texts: Leviticus 25:23 Deuteronomy 10:17-19 Matthew 2:13-23 Our God is a dreamer. Joseph’s life has been turned upside down in the last few months. What seemed at first like his
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A Meditation given by Rev. Fred D. Milligan, Jr., at the memorial service of William W. Scranton, held August 14, 2013, at Covenant Presbyterian Church in Scranton, PA. Mr. Scranton was a devout Presbyterian and influential Republican politician who served as the US Representative for Pennsylvania’s 10th District from 1961-1963,
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[ezcol_1half] A Sermon Podcast Preached Sunday, August 4, 2013 at Hot Metal Bridge Faith Community in Pittsburgh, PA Texts: Philippians 2:5-11 I Corinthians 9:19-23 In this sermon podcast, Jeff Brown, a Sociology major at Calvin College in Grand Rapids, MI, reflects on a trip he took with the Hot Metal
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The following is reprinted exactly from CláudioCarvalhaes.com Dear Friends, Please see below the sermon I preached at Presbyterian Youth Triennium, July 20, 2013. In many ways it will frustrated you! that is because the sermon alone, here, cold, just won’t do it what id did. It is only the breath of
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An HIV/AIDS Advocacy Sermon A Sermon by Emily Rose Proctor, originally preached on the 1st Sunday in Advent, World AIDS Day, December 2, 2012, at Brown Memorial Park Avenue Presbyterian Church, Baltimore, MD. This sermon is part of a series of reflections from Johnson C. Smith’s first annual HIV competency
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February 8-10, 2013 Organized by Interfaith Power & Light It’s time for the 2013 National Preach-In on Global Warming, Interfaith Power & Light’s biggest event of the year. On the weekend before Valentine’s Day, thousands of clergy, lay leaders, and other people of faith will speak of their abiding
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A Sermon on the Mass Killing in Newtown, CT Preached by Rev. Shannan R. Vance-Ocampo on December 16, 2012, on the third Sunday of Advent at Watchung Avenue Presbyterian Church Texts: Isaiah 12 & John 3: 7-20 Let us pray: O Lord our God—Light of our Salvation. It is
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