After a testimony by Vi Bibee, Father Jeff Paul talks about how to have a complete life of love that Jesus invites us into by letting go the voices of perfection and the temptations of empire. The sermon is based on the challenge to live a life as described in Matthew 5:38-48

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Rev. Kim Morgan invites us to live out heaven on earth as described in Matthew 5:21-37

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The Rev. Dr. Catherine Gregg, Canon for Congregational Vitality guides us on how to pray with our lips, feet and hands while revealing some surprising very real Biblical “God, get them” prayers from the Psalms.

Our readings are from Isaiah 58:1-12 (click for texts) and Matthew 5:13-20 (click for sermon text). They are available written or listen to them read in the recording below before the sermon. Click on the white triangle in the black bar shaped player below to listen now or click on the link: Download below the player to save a mp3 file for listening later.

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A reading from Matthew 5:1-12 begins our time in community considering the dream of God for a world rooted in mercy, compassion, forgiveness, love, and grace. This community is opposed to the empire of humans based on coercion, control, and force.

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We consider the code language in Matthew 4:12-23 and listen to special witness Paula House share about her journey with St Peter’s Episcopal.  Father Jeff guides us in a different way of moving through the world.

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We recorded silence instead of the Rev. Kim’s sermon on the Prodigal Son on January 15, 2017.  We are ready to run and greet the wandering recording if it returns.

 

The gospel John 2:15-21 is available to read (click for sermon text) or listen to it read by The Rev. Deacon Betty Bianchi in the recording below. Click on the white triangle in the black bar shaped player below to listen now or click on the link: Download below the player to save a mp3 file for listening later.

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Peter Mires shares his witness and writing from Christmas Presence.

Father Jeff talks about Joseph’s dream in Matthew 1:18-25, we are no different from the flawed and faithful folks of Bible times so just like them “even in the midst of the mess of our lives, the chaos, and our own brokenness we can count our blessings and imagine in ways that are perhaps unimaginable that God is with us and can work in and through, among and beyond us.”

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Father Jeffery Paul starts the year of Matthew with Matthew 24:36-44 and Isaiah 2:1-5 He refers to Baltimore Schools turning to mediation as a way of beating swords into plowshares.

We join this message already in progress, but don’t worry everything will be alright.

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