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Following Jesus Is for Losers

Mark 8:27-38

16th Sunday after Pentecost - Year B

September 16, 2012

The Rev. J. C. Austin (PCUSA)

Being a follower is not something we encourage in America. No college commencement speaker has ever congratulated the graduates on becoming the "followers of tomorrow." Nobody makes sweeping biographical history films about great world followers. Nobody gives awards to recognize the contributions of community followers. Nobody frames their résumé to highlight where they exercised strong "followership" in their work. Nobody's heart swells with pride when a fellow parent comes up to them and says, "You know, your kid is a real follower."

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A Blip in the Plan

John 12:20-33

5th Sunday in Lent - Year B

March 25, 2012

The Rev. Dr. Karoline Lewis (ELCA)

Relationships are complicated, aren't they? Parents, siblings, friends, in-laws, boyfriends and girlfriends, husbands and wives, co-workers, children. In quarrels and contradictions and controversies, we seek easy reconciliation. In the midst of the complications, we take them all for granted. In the middle of conflict, we imagine other possibilities. And we are kidding ourselves if we think that it is any different for our relationship with God.

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Remembering Faith (Part 2) - The Rev. Catherine Taylor

The Rev. Dr. Catherine Taylor (PCUSA)

2 of 2 parts. The Rev. Catherine Taylor. "If our faith comes to us at no cost, is it faith in one whose faith led him to a cross?"

October 18, 2009

Good News?

The Rev. Dr. William H. Willimon (UMC)

Bishop William Willimon reveals how Jesus often shatters our expectations about what it means to follow him: "Jesus is not a technique for getting what we want out of God; Jesus is God's way of getting what God wants out of us."

March 08, 2009

Was Peter Looking for a Bailout?

The Rev. Dr. Debra Samuelson (ELCA)

The Rev. Debra Samuelson explores Jesus great question to his disciples: "Who do you say that I am?" (Mark 8). Discover the real meaning of the cross Jesus commands us to take up, leading to the power of the resurrection, in her sermon for the 2nd Sunday of Lent.

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