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January 1, 2017 Luke 2:21-38 Psalm 121 Rev. Kristen J. Kleiman In our gospel passage from Luke this morning, we hear of two people, Anna and Simeon, encountering the Christ child as he is brought to the Temple to be presented to the Lord. Anna was a prophet, who never left the... Read More →

Christmas Eve, December 24, 2016 Luke 2:1-20 Psalm 96 Rev. Kristen J. Kleiman   O Christmas Tree! O Christmas Tree! Thy leaves are so unchanging; O Christmas Tree! O Christmas Tree! Thy leaves are so unchanging; Not only green when summer’s here, But also when... Read More →

December 11, 2016 Luke 1:76-79, 2:14 Rev. Kristen J. Kleiman Did you know that the word love shows up in the Bible almost 550 times? Jesus alone used it 55 times. And did you know that in Biblical Greek, there are three different words for love: Eros for romantic love, Philos for... Read More →

December 4, 2016 Isaiah 40:5, 18-31 Rev. Kristen J. Kleiman   I want to thank Kyle, our music director, for suggesting we use Handel’s Messiah for our Advent theme. Not only are we blessed with hearing outstanding music, but I feel really blessed to have learned more about... Read More →

When Julie Andrews sings: “Raindrops on roses; And whiskers on kittens; Bright copper kettles; And warm woolen mittens;” she is singing about her favorite things, but the song could just as well be entitled “my comforting things” because just the thought of her favorite things... Read More →

November 20, 2016, Thanksgiving Sunday Colossians 1:11-20 Psalm 117 Rev. Kristen J. Kleiman As people of faith, Thanksgiving is a wonderful opportunity to give thanks to God for our families, our jobs, our homes, our friends, our health, our freedoms, our peace. As... Read More →

October 30, 2016 1 Kings 17:1-16 2 Corinthians 9:7-8 Rev. Kristen J. Kleiman   Tomorrow night, children all over our country will dress up in costumes and go door-to-door saying “Trick or Treat”. Tonight, those same children will go to sleep dreaming of the mounds and mounds... Read More →

October 23, 2016 2 Samuel 7:1-17 Psalm 100 Rev. Kristen J. Kleiman   My mother, well my parents, have had a rough couple of weeks. First, it looked like the dryer was dying, but then it turned out to be the refrigerator. The cable has been alternating between fuzzing out the... Read More →

October 2, 2016 Exodus 12:1-13, 13:1-8 Luke 22:14-20 Rev. Kristen J. Kleiman   Get your shoes on, your cloak tucked up into your belt, and your traveling staff at the ready; get set, to eat the Passover lamb; annnd run. It sounds more like one of those alternative 5k runs... Read More →

September 25, 2016 Genesis 37:1-8, 17b-22, 26-34, 50:15-21 Luke 6:35 Rev. Kristen J. Kleiman   The story of Joseph, the 11th born son of Jacob, is a story that encompasses 13 chapters of the book of Genesis and has more drama in it than an episode of the ‘Young and the... Read More →