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October 18, 2015 Ruth 1:1-17 Mark 3:33-35 Rev. Kristen J. Kleiman   Over 300 years ago, author William Penn said, “The secret to happiness is to count your blessings while others are adding up their troubles.” I’m not sure how much that is a secret versus a challenge. We are... Read More →

October 11, 2015 Deuteronomy 5:1-21; 6:4-9 Mark 12:28-31 Rev. Kristen J. Kleiman   3 minute video clip of God writing the ten commandments on the mountainside and giving them to Moses: Cecile B Demille’s The Ten Commandments.   Cecile B Demille’s version of the Ten... Read More →

October 4, 2015 Exodus 1:8-2:10, 3:1-15 Mark 12:26-27a Rev. Kristen J. Kleiman I am who I am. When Moses asks for God’s name, God responds, “I am who I am.” It might seem odd that Moses needs to ask for God’s name. Remember though that Moses has been raised in Egypt, a land with... Read More →

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September 13, 2015, Rally Day Genesis 18:1-15, 21:1-7 Mark 10:27 Rev. Kristen J. Kleiman   Congregation was invited to tell jokes and many shared some good ones. There are many reasons why we laugh: Because someone has told us a really good joke, because we saw something... Read More →

  September 6, 2015 Luke 11:1-13 Philippians 4:6-7 Rev. Kristen J. Kleiman   It took Thomas Edison 1,000 attempts before he successfully created the light bulb. It took Michelangelo four years to finish the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, although he did not paint that... Read More →

August 30, 2015 Romans 8:22-27 John 14:15-17 Rev. Kristen J. Kleiman   “To walk behind such a being was like tracking a sunbeam. Light seemed to radiate through her and then reflect her presence in multiple places at once. Her nature was rather ethereal, full of dynamic... Read More →

August 23, 2015 Psalm 67 Luke 10:25-37 Rev. Kristen J. Kleiman   God Letting Go Silence Journey of Faith Night and Day Your Special Concern People to Love Intercessions   So far our beads in our Summer of Prayer have been pretty personal. They have been about us, our... Read More →