By the Rev. Gregory S. Kaurin
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January 2002
January 6: Then
Foreign Astrologers Came Bearing Gifts of Gold, Smells, and Embalming Fluid [Who were these magi
and what is their witness to us?]
January 20: “We
Found It—One Afternoon, about Four O’Clock”
[What are we looking for? How Jesus fulfills our
longings.]
January 27: Holy
Routines [In what way does Jesus call us? How God uses our “routines”
to do his work.]
February 2002
February 10: Lights…
Sound… & Action! [How Jesus “lights” our lives and what we’re supposed to do
about it.]
February 13: You’ve
God a Little Somethin’ on Your Face, There [What it means to be “marked” by God, (and some words
against abuse).]
February 17: Poptart ® Temptations [About
the disciplines of Lent: what they are and what they are not.]
February 24: Ubuntu! [Being born of the Spirit,
grace and freedom.]
February 27: The
Return Call [“Bumping into Jesus” Lenten Series: The Rich Young Man—Where
was his treasure?]
March 3: Pooped
& All Washed Up [The
Samaritan woman at Jacob’s Well: How Jesus’ salvation breaks barriers.]
March 24: Were You
There? [Finding ourselves in Palm Sunday’s crowd…How does Jesus feel about
us?]
March 31: A
Delicious Way to Live [An Easter sermon about how our faith allows us to
savor life, based on Psalm 118:19-24]
April 7th –
May 19th: A sermon series on
April 7: What
Are You Doing in a Place Like This? [1st Mark of Discipleship:
Weekly Worship.]
April 14: You and
I Need to Have a Little Chat [2nd Mark of Discipleship: Daily
Prayer.]
April 21: Liberty
in Love’s Boundary [3rd Mark of Discipleship: Regular Bible
Study.]
May 5: My
Fellow Aliens [5th Mark of Discipleship: Inviting Others to Know
Christ’s Love.]
May 12: Pouring
Oil [6th Mark of Discipleship: Giving of My Time, Talents and
Resources to Christ through My Church, Community and World.]
May 19: Let’s Make
Like a Tree, and… [7th Mark of Discipleship: Christian Support
for people in and outside my church family.]
May 26: Where
Is Charles Darwin Buried? [A sermon about faith,
relationship and creation.]
June 2002
June 2: The Color
of Water [How can we join Paul in saying, "I am not ashamed"
(Romans
June 23: Stand Up
Straight! [About Christian Maturity: what to keep, what to leave behind,
and what to pass on.]
June 30: It's Not
a Question of If, But When! [What do we do with the fact that there are so
many 'prophets' claiming to have the real 'Truth'?]
July
2002
July 7: A
Raspberry on a Leaf [What does it mean to say the
Kingdom is hidden from the wise and revealed to infants?]
July 14: "He's
Out of Control!" [The parable of the sower
and the soils]
August
2002
August 4: Satis Est
[How the Grace of God, not only saves us, but also transforms us into joyful
and generous people.]
August 11:
Love
Lifted Me [What is central in your "personal relationship" with
Jesus Christ?]
August 18:
The
Day Jesus Ate His Words [What was Jesus doing or teaching when he called
the Canaanite woman a "dog"?]
August 25:
Cement
[What did Jesus mean: "Upon this rock I will build my church," and
"the binding and loosening of sins"?]
September
2002
September 1:
He
Did It God's Way [What Jesus meant when he said to Peter, "Get behind
me, Satan! You are focusing on earthly things, and not divine things."]
September 22:
But I
Called Shotgun! [Jonah and the vineyard workers: How we covet our own
"special place" beside God, when it is his to give as he chooses.]
October
2002
October 6:
Vineyard
Violence [The parable of the wicked tenants: What does it have to do with
us?]
October 13:
Crossing
the Threshold [The parable of the wedding feast & our need to cross
over from guests to hosts.]
October 20:
Ambition,
Distraction, Uglification and Derision [How
legitimate issues and arguements can distract us from
the center of our faith.]
November 2002
November 6:
Fatty
Hearts [Sermon for PLU chapel service--What does it mean, "To those
who have, more will be given. From those who have not, everything will be taken
away"?]
November 10:
Out
of the Lions Den and into the Bear [The Prophet Amos: Our worship and our
lives cannot be separated.]
November 17:
Why
Christians Can Deal with Change Better'n Anybody Else
[We don't have to like it, but we can deal with it.]
December 2002
December 1:
Adventures
[Advent--a season of preparation and adventure.]
December 8:
Advent
Words [The difference between hoping for "Someday" and expecting
"That Day"]
December 15:
The
Gospel of "Oh Well..." [Mary, the mother of Jesus: knowing what
to treasure, when to sing, what to let go.]
December 24:
Making
Room in Bethlehem's Manger Square, 2002 [Why Christmas can't be stopped,
and how to keep the sin of Joylessness from crowding the Christ-child out.]
December 25:
The
Rose [Using the carol, "Lo, How a Rose," to discover the
importance of Jesus' birth.]
December 29:
Just
Revel In It [We are called to "reveille" (wake up) and
"revel in" (celebrate and share) our Christianity.]
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