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Can These Bones Live? Rev. Thomas Cary Kinder United Church of Strafford, Vermont March 29, 2020 Fifth Sunday in Lent Psalm 130; Ezekiel 37:1-14; Romans 8:6-11; John 11 [You can watch a video recording of this sermon at the…
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Category: Past Sermons
Tags: Calling, Caring for God's Creation, Developmental and Spiritual Growth, Faith, Following the Way, Hope, Inner Transformation, Lent, Metanoia, Oneness, The Golden Rule, The Way of Love, Transforming Suffering, Transforming the World, Vision
Live As Children of Light Rev. Thomas Cary Kinder United Church of Strafford, Vermont March 22, 2020 Fourth Sunday in Lent Ephesians 5:8-9; John 9 [You can watch a video recording of this sermon at the end of this…
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Category: Past Sermons
Tags: Action, Calling, Caring for God's Creation, Climate Change, Developmental and Spiritual Growth, Faith, Following the Way, Golden Civilization, Hope, Inner Transformation, Light, Oneness, The Golden Rule, The Way of Love, Transforming the World, Vision
Go to the Land That I Will Show You Rev. Thomas Cary Kinder United Church of Strafford, Vermont March 8, 2020 Second Sunday in Lent Psalm 121; Genesis 12:1-4a; John 3:1-21 How are we ever going to find our…
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Category: Past Sermons
Tags: Calling, Caring for God's Creation, Centering Prayer/Contemplative Practice, Developmental and Spiritual Growth, Faith, Following the Way, Hope, Inner Transformation, Lent, Nonviolence, Transforming the World
Where Are You? Rev. Thomas Cary Kinder United Church of Strafford, Vermont March 1, 2020 First Sunday in Lent Psalm 91; Genesis 2:15-17; Matthew 4:1-11 Imagine God’s delight in the Garden of Eden. Imagine God traveling over the whole universe,…
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Category: Past Sermons
Tags: Calling, Caring for God's Creation, Developmental and Spiritual Growth, Faith, Following the Way, Inner Peace, Inner Transformation, Lent, Prayer, Struggle, Transforming Suffering, Transforming the World
From the Perfection of Beauty, You Shine Forth Rev. Thomas Cary Kinder United Church of Strafford, Vermont February 23, 2020 Seventh and Last Sunday after Epiphany, Transfiguration Sunday Verses from Psalms 36, 50, 104 & 139 and II Corinthians 4…
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Category: Past Sermons
Tags: Action, Calling, Caring for God's Creation, Centering Prayer/Contemplative Practice, Climate Change, Developmental and Spiritual Growth, Following the Way, Hope, Inner Transformation, Journey of the Universe, Light, Transforming the World, Vision
Choose Life So That You and Your Descendants May Live Rev. Thomas Cary Kinder United Church of Strafford, Vermont February 16, 2020 Sixth Sunday after Epiphany Deuteronomy 30; Sirach 15; I Corinthians 3:1-9; Matthew 4:12-5:12 The future of the…
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Category: Past Sermons
Tags: Calling, Caring for God's Creation, Centering Prayer/Contemplative Practice, Developmental and Spiritual Growth, Faith, Following the Way, Inner Transformation, Justice, Nonviolence, Oneness, Prayer, The Way of Love, Transforming the World
Dear neighbors, I wrote last week about the sign in front of our church that quotes the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.: Unconditional love for all, now an absolute necessity for our survival. MLK Jr. You can read what…
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Category: Fulfilling Our Vision, Pastoral Letters
Tags: Caring for God's Creation, Climate Change, Developmental and Spiritual Growth, Golden Civilization, Hope, Justice, The Golden Rule, The Way of Love, Transforming the World, Vision
God Has a Dream Rev. Thomas Cary Kinder United Church of Strafford, Vermont January 19, 2019 Second Sunday after Epiphany, Martin Luther King Jr. Sunday Isaiah 49; Luke 4:14-21 We as a nation must undergo a radical revolution of values….
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Category: Fulfilling Our Vision, Past Sermons, Pastoral Letters
Tags: Action, Beloved Community, Calling, Caring for God's Creation, Developmental and Spiritual Growth, Following the Way, Hope, Inner Transformation, Nonviolence, Oneness, Struggle, The Golden Rule, The Way of Love, Transforming the World, Vision
“New Things I Now Declare” Rev. Thomas Cary Kinder United Church of Strafford, Vermont January 12, 2019 First Sunday after Epiphany, Baptism of Christ Psalm 29; Isaiah 42:1-9; Matthew 3:13-17 The passage from Isaiah sounds like God narrating a home…
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Category: Past Sermons
Tags: Action, Calling, Caring for God's Creation, Centering Prayer/Contemplative Practice, Developmental and Spiritual Growth, Hope, Humility, Inner Transformation, Journey of the Universe, Justice, Kenosis, Metanoia, Nonviolence, Oneness, Transforming the World
“In the Beginning Was the Word” Rev. Thomas Cary Kinder United Church of Strafford, Vermont December 29, 2019 First Sunday of Christmas John 1:1-5, 10-14 This concept came to me during the reading of the lesson from John at the…
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Category: Past Sermons
Tags: Caring for God's Creation, Developmental and Spiritual Growth, Following the Way, Golden Civilization, Hope, Journey of the Universe, Light, Oneness, The Way of Love, Transforming the World, Vision
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