Category: SERMONS, WORSHIP, MEDITATIONS

Spirit of the Living God, be with our kaleidoscopic little church,.  We are many faceted and multi-shaped, with fragments that focus and focus again, always in different patterns as we turn to the light of Your Presence.  Help us to love those patterns and the turning, and to trust in the beauty of the wholeness…

Context for 2 Chronicles 28: 8-15 The history of the people called Israel is pretty splintered and tortuous. For generations they were a loose conglomeration of twelve different tribes descending from Jacob the patriarch of Jacob’s Ladder fame. The great King David managed to pull the 12 tribes of Israel together during his reign and…

Becoming Bread1 John 6:48-59 Chilmark Community Church Rev. Vicky Hanjian July 5,2015 “I am the bread of life.” “I am the living bread.” Familiar words for sure. So familiar that we don’t often stop to ask ourselves “What did he mean by that?” This morning’s sermon will focus on a possible meaning – not the…

“Walking by Faith!” Joshua 3:7-17 / Psalm 107:1-7, 33-37   When I was a high school student, I went on a Summer vacation with my friends. We went to a Mountain called Odaesan which was one of the most beautiful mountains in Korea. There were many valleys in the mountain and one of them seemed…

“What Image is in Your Heart!” Matthew 22:15-22 // Matthew 22:34-40   Sometimes things happen. The things that push us back to our deepest questions and force us to answer. A marriage breakdown, loss of a job, financial strains, or physical pains, any of these can push us back to asking what it’s all about,…

The Spirit of God within Us 1 Corinthians 2:1-12 In his autobiography, Man and Rubber, Harvey Firestone tells an interesting little story which concerns Henry Ford, who was a close personal friend of Mr. Firestone. Thomas Edison, John Burroughs, Mr. Ford, and Mr. Firestone were on one of their summer camping trips, traveling by automobile.…

121513 Matthew 11:2-11 Two young boys were spending the night at their grandparents’ house the week before Christmas. At bedtime, the two boys knelt beside their beds to say their prayers. The younger one began praying at the top of his lungs: “I PRAY FOR A NEW BICYCLE…” “I PRAY FOR A NEW NINTENDO…” His…

Isaiah 11:1-10, Romans 15:4-14 Today is the second Sunday of Advent and I will start this sermon with a true story. There is a book by Victor Frankl, who was an Austrian neurologist and psychiatrist as well as a Holocaust survivor. His book is entitled, “FROM DEATHCAMP TO EXISTENTIALISM,” and he tells of his life…

120113 The Coming of the Son of Man Today is the first Sunday of Advent and the beginning season of the church calendar. In Medieval times advent was a fast during which people’s thoughts were directed to the expected second coming of Christ. However, in modern times, it has been seen as the lead up…