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Pastoral Letter on Gratitude, Struggle, Help and the 9/2/18 Service
Dear neighbors, I was standing in front of the beautiful display of produce at the Strafford Village Farm tomato tasting on Friday evening, holding a head of bibb lettuce, a container of red potatoes and a perfect melon. I was feeling…
Read MoreSermon from August 26, 2018
Doers of the Word Rev. Thomas Cary Kinder United Church of Strafford, Vermont August 26, 2018 Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost Psalm 15; James 1:17-27; Mark 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23 This month I have been reading two books by the former Harvard…
Read MoreSermon from July 22, 2018
Responding to Evil: “I Will Raise Up Shepherds” Rev. Thomas Cary Kinder United Church of Strafford, Vermont July 22, 2018 Ninth Sunday after Pentecost Psalm 23; Jeremiah 23:1-6; Mark 6:30-34 Greeting from the July 22, 2018 Service Good morning, and…
Read MoreSermon from July 1, 2018
Singing the Spirit’s Song in a Strange Land Rev. Thomas Cary Kinder United Church of Strafford, Vermont July 1, 2018 Sixth Sunday after Pentecost Psalm 137; I Corinthians 12-14; Acts 2:1-6 Twenty-five hundred years ago Psalm 137 asked, “How…
Read MoreSermon from May 27, 2018
What Are Human Beings? Rev. Thomas Cary Kinder United Church of Strafford, Vermont May 27, 2018 First Sunday after Pentecost, Trinity Sunday Psalm 8; Romans 8:1-17 The 8th Psalm asks God, “What are human beings that you are mindful of…
Read MoreSermon from May 20, 2018, Pentecost
Declaring the Things That Are to Come Rev. Thomas Cary Kinder United Church of Strafford, Vermont May 20, 2018 Pentecost Psalm 104; Acts 2:1-17, 40-47; John 16:13 Professor Carlos Baker was my advisor in college. He was a New Englander…
Read MoreSermon from May 13, 2018
Even the Sparrow Finds a Home and the Swallow a Nest Rev. Thomas Cary Kinder United Church of Strafford, Vermont May 13, 2018 Seventh Sunday of Easter, Ascension Sunday, Mother’s Day, Festival of the Home Psalm 84; Matthew 23:37-39; John…
Read MoreSermon from April 29, 2018
A Freedom Movement Rev. Thomas Cary Kinder United Church of Strafford, Vermont April 29, 2018 Fifth Sunday of Easter I John 4; John 15:1-8 The passage we just heard in the Gospel of John is like so many others…
Read MoreSermon from April 8, 2018
Through the Locked Door Rev. Thomas Cary Kinder United Church of Strafford, Vermont April 8, 2018 Second Sunday of Easter Psalm 133; Acts 4:32-35; John 20:19-31 The room was crowded and hot. The windows were shuttered, the door bolted. Oil…
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