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We invited the Rev. Deadra Bachorik Ashton to reflect on what we as a people need right now, after all we have been through in 2020, in order to nurture our spiritual, emotional, psychological and physical health. Deadre is a…
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Category: Advent Resources, Church News, Past Sermons
Tags: Calling, Centering Prayer/Contemplative Practice, Developmental and Spiritual Growth, Grief, Hope, Inner Peace, Inner Transformation, Light, Loss, Resilience, Transforming Suffering, Transforming the World
Where Do We Go from Here?Mark Kutolowski, Guest PreacherUnited Church of Strafford, VermontNovember 15, 2020 Twenty-fourth Sunday after PentecostPsalm 46; Matthew 16:24-26 [You can watch a video recording of this sermon at the end of this text and you can…
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Category: On Line Services, Past Sermons
Tags: Centering Prayer/Contemplative Practice, Developmental and Spiritual Growth, Faith, Following the Way, Hope, Inner Transformation, Kenosis, Metanoia, Oneness, Transforming Suffering, Transforming the World
Preparing for “God With Us”Rev. Thomas Cary Kinder United Church of Strafford, VermontNovember 8, 2020 Twenty-third Sunday after Pentecost,Advent Preparation SundayJeremiah 33:14-16, Philippians 2:1-9, and verses from Isaiah 60, Mark 1 & 13 and Luke 1 [You can watch a…
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Category: Advent Resources, On Line Services, Past Sermons
Tags: Action, Calling, Centering Prayer/Contemplative Practice, Developmental and Spiritual Growth, Faith, Following the Way, Hope, Inner Transformation, Kenosis, Oneness, The Way of Love, Transforming Suffering, Transforming the World, Vision
Which would feel better to you: to be anxious, tense, fretting, enslaved to obsessive thoughts and compulsive behavior, despairing…or as calm as you can be under the circumstances, resting in quiet trust, finding a place of inner peace even in…
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Category: Advent Resources, Church News, Contemplative Training, Fulfilling Our Vision, Pastoral Letters
Tags: Action, Centering Prayer/Contemplative Practice, Developmental and Spiritual Growth, Following the Way, Inner Peace, Inner Transformation, Journey of the Universe, Oneness, Prayer, The Way of Love, Transforming Suffering, Transforming the World
The Wisdom of the Saints: The Reformation We NeedRev. Thomas Cary Kinder United Church of Strafford, VermontNovember 1, 2020 Twenty-second Sunday after Pentecost Isaiah 55:6-9; I Corinthians 1:26-28, 3:16-19; Matthew 22:34-40 [You can watch a video recording of this sermon…
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Category: On Line Services, Past Sermons
Tags: Action, Calling, Centering Prayer/Contemplative Practice, Developmental and Spiritual Growth, Faith, Following the Way, Hope, Inner Transformation, Kenosis, Metanoia, Oneness, Struggle, The Golden Rule, The Way of Love, Transforming Suffering, Transforming the World, Vision
Be Transformed by the Renewing of Your MindRev. Thomas Cary Kinder United Church of Strafford, VermontOctober 18, 2020 Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost Romans 12:1-2; Matthew 22:15-22 [You can watch a video recording of this sermon at the end of this…
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Category: On Line Services, Past Sermons
Tags: Action, Calling, Centering Prayer/Contemplative Practice, Developmental and Spiritual Growth, Following the Way, Hope, Inner Transformation, Metanoia, Nonviolence, Oneness, Peace, Prayer, Struggle, The Golden Rule, The Way of Love, Transforming Suffering, Transforming the World, Vision
Think About These Things: Another World Is PossibleRev. Thomas Cary Kinder United Church of Strafford, VermontOctober 4, 2020 Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost Isaiah 11:1-9; Philippians 4:8-9; John 17:20-23 [You can watch a video recording of this sermon at the end…
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Category: On Line Services, Past Sermons
Tags: Action, Calling, Centering Prayer/Contemplative Practice, Developmental and Spiritual Growth, Hope, Inner Transformation, Justice, Kenosis, Resilience, Struggle, The Way of Love, Transforming Suffering, Transforming the World, Vision
Get Yourselves a New Heart and a New Mind Rev. Thomas Cary Kinder United Church of Strafford, Vermont September 27, 2020 Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost Ezekiel 18:30-32; Philippians 2:1-13; Matthew 15:10-11, 17-20 [You can watch a video recording of this…
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Category: On Line Services, Past Sermons
Tags: Action, Calling, Centering Prayer/Contemplative Practice, Developmental and Spiritual Growth, Hope, Inner Transformation, Justice, Kenosis, Resilience, Struggle, The Way of Love, Transforming Suffering, Transforming the World, Vision
Courage in the Struggle Rev. Thomas Cary Kinder United Church of Strafford, Vermont September 20, 2020 Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost Jonah 3:10-4:11; Philippians 1:21-30 and Matthew 14:22-33 [You can watch a video recording of this sermon at the end of…
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Category: On Line Services, Past Sermons
Tags: Action, Calling, Caring for God's Creation, Centering Prayer/Contemplative Practice, Climate Change, Grief, Hope, Inner Transformation, Justice, Kenosis, Resilience, Struggle, The Church, The Golden Rule, The Way of Love, Transforming Suffering, Transforming the World, Vision
Finding Our Way Through the Worst Rev. Thomas Cary Kinder United Church of Strafford, Vermont May 10, 2020 Fifth Sunday of Easter, Psalm 84; John 14:1-14 [You can watch a video recording of this sermon at the end of…
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Category: On Line Services, Past Sermons
Tags: Centering Prayer/Contemplative Practice, Faith, Following the Way, Hope, Inner Transformation, Kenosis, Nonviolence, Oneness, Prayer, Struggle, The Way of Love, Transforming the World
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