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Pastoral Letter on “Silence in the Face of Evil”
Dear Church Family, Dietrich Bonhoeffer said, “Silence in the face of evil is itself evil. Not to speak is to speak. Not to act is to act.” Bonhoeffer was a Christian pastor, theologian and seminary professor in Nazi Germany on…
Read MoreSermon from July 7, 2019
Prophesy the Glorious Vision Rev. Thomas Cary Kinder United Church of Strafford, Vermont July 7, 2019 Fourth Sunday after Pentecost Psalm 66; Isaiah 66:10-14; Luke 10:1-11 The Hebrew prophets spoke on behalf of God’s universal laws. They insisted that the…
Read MoreSermon from June 30, 2019
Why We Can’t Wait Rev. Thomas Cary Kinder United Church of Strafford, Vermont June 30, 2019 Third Sunday after Pentecost Psalm 16; I Kings 19; Luke 9:51-62 We just heard one of the strangest passages in the Bible, and yet…
Read MoreSermon from June 23, 2019
Creating a New Civilization: God’s Realm on Earth, Part II Rev. Thomas Cary Kinder United Church of Strafford, Vermont June 23, 2019 Second Sunday after Pentecost Psalms 42 & 43; Romans 12:1-2; Luke 4:14-30; John 15:9-17 Many Christians do not…
Read MoreSermon from June 16, 2019
Creating a New Civilization: God’s Realm on Earth, Part I Rev. Thomas Cary Kinder United Church of Strafford, Vermont June 16, 2019 First Sunday after Pentecost, Trinity Sunday Proverbs 8; Acts 4:31-35; I John 3:14-17; John 16:12-15 Twelve…
Read MoreSermon from May 26, 2019
Considering Seemingly Insurmountable World Problems Rev. Thomas Cary Kinder United Church of Strafford, Vermont May 26, 2019 Sixth Sunday of Easter Joel 2:28-32; Acts 2:17-21; John 7:37-39a; 14:12-20, 25-27; 16:13 We will hear the story of Pentecost in two weeks…
Read MoreSermon from April 7, 2019
You Do Not Always Have Me Rev. Thomas Cary Kinder United Church of Strafford, Vermont April 7, 2019 Fifth Sunday in Lent Psalm 126; Philippians 3:4b-14; John 12:1-8 We are now in the deepest wilderness of Lent, and the lectionary…
Read MoreSermon from March 17, 2017
Remember That You Are Dust Rev. Thomas Cary Kinder United Church of Strafford, Vermont March 17, 2019 Second Sunday in Lent Psalm 27; Genesis Chapters 1-3; Luke 13:31-35 “Remember that you are dust, and to dust you shall return.” I…
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