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September 8, 2024 Acts 2:37-47, The Message Rev. Kristen J. Kleiman   Despite what you may have heard, I did not go into the ordained ministry for the cheesecake. It was lemon squares. I just graduated up to cheesecake when I was called here to FCC Bristol. Honestly though,... Read More →

September 1, 2024 Acts 16:6-15 Rev. Kristen J. Kleiman   The movie “Mamma Mia”, based on the music of Abba, begins with a young woman named Sophie singing, “I Have a Dream” as she sails off to make her dream come true. Sophie’s dream, at the beginning of the movie, is to... Read More →

August 25, 2024 Mark 10:13-16 Rev. Kristen J. Kleiman   Over the course of our vacation, I had the opportunity to watch six movies, part of three more, read four books, and listen to one. Even better, I watched two of those movies while lying in a pool!  It’s my new vision... Read More →

July 21, 2024 Exodus 2:1-10 Rev. Kristen J. Kleiman   “Love as powerful as your mother’s for you leaves it’s own mark. To have been loved so deeply, … will give us some protection forever.” (Albus Dumbledore, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, Page 216) Throughout the... Read More →

July 14, 2024 Ruth 1:1-18 Rev. Kristen J. Kleiman   Even though this passage from the book of Ruth is about a mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, strangely enough, it is a recommended passage for weddings.  I am going to guess that that is because the Bible has very little to... Read More →

July 7, 2024 John 8:3-11 Rev. Kristen J. Kleiman   So I don’t think it will surprise you to learn that this story of the woman caught in adultery doesn’t show up in any of the children’s Bibles we own at church. You might even wonder why this is someone’s favorite Bible... Read More →

June 30, 2024 Luke 5:17-26 Rev. Kristen J. Kleiman   This is based on a real story shared in a book written by Martha Grace Reese. Once upon a time, there was a woman who was going through a very tough time in her life.  Maybe because an important relationship in her life... Read More →

June 23, 2024 Daniel 3:1-6, 8-9, 12-30 Rev. Kristen J. Kleiman   So I don’t know this story about Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego as well as I know the story about Daniel in the lions’ den.  If you have been a member of FCC going back thirty or forty years, you might know... Read More →

June 16, 2024 Luke 19:1-10 Rev. Kristen J. Kleiman   He was too short.  He was too rich.  He was a liar and a cheat.  These are all ways that children’s Bibles describe Zacchaeus, and depending on the children’s Bible or Bible translation you read, all of these things are... Read More →

June 9, 2024 John 1:1-5 Rev. Kristen J. Kleiman   In the beginning; once upon a time….when we hear these words, our ears perk up because we know we are going to hear a story.  And no matter our age or stage in life, we all love a good story. A good story does more than... Read More →