Rev. Ben preaches on Jesus’ divisive statements in Luke 12:49, relating them to others who spoke the truth even when discord was likely: Robert Louis Stevenson, Mark Twain, and John Steinbeck.
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Reflections on Triennium and Chicago
Sunday, August 7th, 2016
Rev. Talitha and members of the MPC Youth Group, having just returned from Triennium and a mission trip to Chicago, share stories of their experiences and of the ways in which they experienced God in the people they met.
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Take The Vinyl Covers Off The Couch
Sunday, July 31st, 2016
Rev. Ben preaches on the need to live in the moment: taking on the challenges our world faces right now, and living your life fully by loving the world and the people that God has placed into your life.
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Holy Persistence
Sunday, July 24th, 2016
Rev. Ben discusses Luke’s story of prayer and persistence (Luke 11:1-13), drawing out the lessons it teaches about persistence, especially when working for justice and greater unity.
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Why We Must All Dance Merengue
Sunday, July 17th, 2016
Rev. Ben preaches on Luke’s story of Mary and Martha, drawing out the lesson it teaches about taking the time to replenish your soul amid the troubles of the world and the busyness of our lives.
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Who Is My Neighbor?
Sunday, July 10th, 2016
Rev. Ben discusses the parable of the Good Samaritan, showing how it calls us to see our neighbor in unexpected places, and to tear down walls between us and them so that we can build the kingdom of God together.
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Green Is The New Red, White and Blue
Sunday, July 3rd, 2016
On July 4th weekend, Rev. Ben challenges us to think of patriotism in a new way: as a living out of the Biblical imperative to be good stewards of the land, taking care of the environment and each other.
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Love Breaking In
Sunday, June 26th, 2016
Looking at one of the most ignored books of the Bible Rev. Phillips finds that it speaks not only how we value sexual relationships, but provides a model for how people can relate to one another.
Scripture Song of Solomon 5:2-8
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Called to Icky Places
Sunday, June 19th, 2016
Reflecting on the story in which Jesus encounters a man overtaken by demons whose name is “Legion”, Rev. Daniel reflects upon difficult events in the past week and asserts that Christians today may be called to go to “Icky Places”.
Luke 8:26-39
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The Feminism of Jesus
Sunday, June 12th, 2016
Rev Ben Daniel responded to the overnight news of a mass shooting in Orlando, then proceeded with his planned sermon in which he talked about the need for today’s Christian church to learn from Jesus concerning attitudes towards women.
Scripture – Luke 7:36 – 8:3
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