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Once More: Literal About GraceRob Gieselmann, Pent. 16C (Aug. 21, 2016)Sometimes it is all about what you see – andwhat you don’t see. The writer to the Hebrews speaks about two worlds, two...
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Joy and HopeRob Gieselmann, Christmas 2016 (A)(rhinocerous joke: why do you never see a rhino hiding in a tree? They are so good at it)Broadcaster Alistair Cooke liked to tell the story about planning...
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The EnemyRob Gieselmann Epiph 5A, Feb 2, 2017I was sitting on the back deck of our house in California.We lived on the side of a hill, so the deck overlooked the neighborhood and the valley below. It...
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Shout it Out!Lent 1A 2017, Rob Gieselmann1. In Michael Punke’s novel, The Revenant, Pawnee Indians attack and capture the protagonist, Hugh Glass, first with arrows, shooting him in the leg, and then...
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Double Portion of PeaceRob Gieselmann, May 28, 2017Elijah had a great and powerful spirit. His protégé, Elisha,asked him to bequeath a double portion of that spirit to him.Elijah promised him, yes,...
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God, the Environmentalist SupremeRob Gieselmann, Trinity Sunday 2017A1. Nicene CreedI’m not a big fan of the Nicene Creed. Choreographically, during the service, it feels clunky and out of place. And -...
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Stories on Story-Telling SundayRob Gieselmann, Pent. 7A, June 25, 2017One summer during seminary, I spent a month in Uganda,with my friend, Augustine Salimo. Augustine was an archdeacon, and in charge...
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The Reverend Christopher HoginIt’s Not About MeGenesis 22:1-19The Episcopal Church of The Ascension July 2, 2017In 1953, novelist Kurt Vonnegut wrote a short story called, All The King’s Horses. It’s...
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The Clothes We WearRob Gieselmann, July 16, 2017Charles Eastman was a Native American doctor and writer at the turn of the last century.In his book, The Soul of an Indian, he describes the spirituality...
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The Reverend Christopher HoginA Crisis of Faith: Genesis 28:10-19; Psalm 139:1-11, 22-23The Episcopal Church of the AscensionJuly 23, 2017What happens when our beliefs get rocked to the core? What...
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The Parable of the Dog: A SermonThe Rev. Deacon Sarai T. WenderSunday, July 30, 2017The parables of the mustard seed, the leaven, the pearl, the hidden treasure, and the fish. The “Old school...
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The Feast of The TransfigurationLuke 9:28-36August 6, 2017The True Self So, I was looking back this week on some old sermons that I had preached in the past, because right when I read our...
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The Reverend Christopher HoginThe Meaning in Our Suffering: Genesis 45: 1-15The Episcopal Church of the AscensionAugust 20, 2017I’ve read about Joseph and his coat of many colors for years. It was...
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From a DistanceRob Gieselmann, Pent. 16A-17, August 27, 2017I’m wondering this morning, what was your experience of the eclipse? When the upstart moon could no longer tolerate its second-tier position...
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God in the GapPent. 17A, Sept. 2, 2017Rob GieselmannGod already knows Moses – That’s why God calls him by name: Moses Moses. On the other hand, Moses does not know God. He pretends to, but he doesn’t....
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The Fourteenth Sunday After PentecostMatthew 18:15-20And They’ll Know We Are Christians By Our Love?“We are one in the Spirit, we are one in the LordAnd we pray that our unity will one day be...
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The Reverend Christopher HoginWhen We Are EgyptExodus 14:19-31The Episcopal Church of the AscensionSeptember 17, 2017 Last week I sat on my porch and enjoyed a steaming cup of hot tea while...
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Jesus is a Marxist: StewardshipRob Gieselmann, 20171. Thinking Differently. I want to get you thinking differently about a few of our religious concepts. a. The first of these concepts is the Kingdom...
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