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“What’s a Father To Do?” Luke 15:1-3, 11b – 32 Joshua 5:9-12 Chilmark Community Church Rev. Vicky Hanjian March 6, 2016 This is probably one of the most familiar of Jesus’ parables. Indeed, we may be so familiar with it that we are content with what we have drawn from it. For today’s reflection I…

What’s Going On Down At the Temple? February 28, 2016 Chilmark Community Church Exodus 21:1-17 John 2:13-22 Rev. Vicky Hanjian Jesus – – angry in the Temple. So much has been done with this story. It has been used to justify anger as a faith response – after all – Jesus demonstrated anger. It has…

“Changing Patterns” Genesis 45:3-11, 15 Luke 6:27 – 38 February 21, 2016 Chilmark Community Church Rev. Vicky Hanjian Starting out, the working title for this sermon was “Sin, Repentance, Redemption, and Repair”. When I shared my thoughts with my rabbi friend, Lori Shaller, she said: “boy – that sounds heavy –are you trying to scare…

“Finding The Level Place” Jeremiah 17: 5-10 Luke 6:17 – 26 Rev. Vicky Hanjian Chilmark Community Church February 14, 2016 Sometimes a word or phrase in a text seems to “shimmer” or take on a life of its own. It stands out from the rest of the text and it keeps calling attention to itself.…

Chilmark Community Church February 8, 2016 Rev. Armen Hanjian LET THE WORDS OF MY MOUTH BE ACCEPTABLE James 3:1-11 Matthew 12: 33-37 Psalm 19 If we are to take all Jesus has to offer us, we are to move more and more toward “It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in…

“What Shall We Tell The Children?” Nehemiah 8:1-3, 5-6, 8-10 Luke 4:14-21 January 31, 2016 Chilmark Community Church Rev. Vicky Hanjian Bruce Feiler is a popular American writer.  He has recently published a best selling book entitled Secrets of Happy Families.  In the book he makes a rather interesting point.  He writes: “The single most…

Home By Another Way Matthew 2:1-12 Chilmark Community Church January 3, 2016 Rev. Vicky Hanjian All week long as I worked with today’s text, images of “Where’s Waldo” and images of the search for Luke Skywalker kept invading my imagination. If you are a grandparent or the parent of young children, you may have spent…

Dec. 31, 2015 My Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ: Greetings in the precious name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. As we celebrate the arrival of 2016, I recall with gratitude that I began 2015 with a group of teenagers from the Northeastern United States, fellow bishops, and other lay and clergy leaders in…