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April 3, 2022 Isaiah 43:1-4a, 18-19 Rev. Kristen J. Kleiman   Once upon a time, there were three churches – all who had been rooted in their communities for more than a century, all with historic, landmark buildings, all seeing less people attending as the community and... Read More →

March 27, 2022 Ephesians 2:19-22 Rev. Kristen J. Kleiman   Lawn chairs lined up down the sidewalk and into the parking lot for Century Nursery School registration; folding chairs set up in the Sanctuary aisles for Christmas Eve worship; and chairs upon chairs upon chairs set... Read More →

March 20, 2022 1 John 1:5-10 James 5:16 Rev. Kristen J. Kleiman   We are sinners. Knowingly and unknowingly, as individuals and groups, we do things that are wrong. We even do wrong as the church, because even as we are trying to faithfully follow Jesus Christ, we are also... Read More →

March 13, 2022 Psalm 136:1-9, 23-26 Rev. Kristen J. Kleiman   The organist from my last church grew up at our church. Last spring, she sent me the link to a Facebook group called “Picturing Bristol”.   A photo of the meetinghouse had been posted, and so many people responded... Read More →

March 6, 2022 Psalm 98 Rev. Kristen J. Kleiman   Today is the first Sunday in the church season of Lent. Lent is the forty days, excluding Sundays, before Easter, and it began as a time for new Christians to prepare for their baptisms on Easter. In some Christian traditions,... Read More →

February 27, 2022 John 4:1-29 Rev. Kristen J. Kleiman   This Bible passage is filled with lots of titillating details, Five husbands, Jew versus Samaritan, Jesus speaking alone with a woman. And we certainly live in a world that likes to focus on the outrageous and unseemly;... Read More →

February 13, 2022 Mark 10:17-22 Rev. Kristen J. Kleiman   Kitty Eaton, my college sorority housemother, was a very wise woman. She was very well traveled and had even had dinner with the Dali Lama once. She taught her college students many things, including that there are... Read More →

February 6, 2022 Matthew 4:18-22 Rev. Kristen J. Kleiman   Immediately, they dropped their nets. Immediately, they abandoned their boat. Immediately, they left their regular work to follow Jesus. It seems like a step this big would require a lot of consideration and thought;... Read More →

January 30, 2022 Matthew 3:13-17 Rev. Kristen J. Kleiman   Long before Jesus healed ten lepers, before he turned water into wine at the wedding in Cana, before he preached the sermon on the mount or was transfigured, before all of that, Jesus was loved. Jesus was loved. The... Read More →

January 23, 2022 Luke 2:41-52 Rev. Kristen J. Kleiman   As I was studying this passage, this Bible story of a lost 12 year old, frantic parents, a mad search to find their child, I pictured the movie “Home Alone”. If you have not seen this movie since its premiere 32 years... Read More →