Kurt Borgmann Preaching

The heavens were opened (1-12-20)

Matthew 3:13-17

Saving Jesus (12-29-19)

Matthew 2:13-23; NPR "In Christmas Day Message, Pope Francis Sines Light on Migrant Suffering," 12/15/19; Matthew 25: 31-46; NPR "To Make Girl Who Is Deaf Feel At Home, Dozens Of Neighbors Learn Sign Language," 12/15/19.

Is there room in the inn? (12-24-19 Christmas Eve)

Luke 2: 1-20; "I just got back," by Todd Jenkins

Is there room for love? (12-22-19)

Psalm 80:1-7; Luke 10:27; 1 Corinthians 13; "Love came down at Christmas," by Christina Rossetti; "Unlearning God: How Unbelieving Helped Me Believe," by Philip Gulley, p. 12-13; "Universal Consciousness," by Richard Rohr (adapted from "Breathing Under Water: Spirituality and the Twelve Steps")

Is there room for joy? (12-15-19)

Isaiah 35:1-10; "When Better Isn't Enough: Evaluation Tools for the 21st Century Church," by Jill Hudson

Is there room for hope? (12-8-19)

Romans 15:4-13; "Wishful Thinking: A Seeker's ABC," by Frederick Buechner; "Keep Watch with Me: An Advent Reader for Peacemakers," by Claire Brown and Michael T. McRay; 

Please to reconcile (11-24-19)

Colossians 1:11-20

New heavens and a new earth (11-17-19)

Isaiah 65:17-25; Robert Alter's The Hebrew Bible: A Translation with Commentary," Prophets, p. 840; NPR Morning Edition, 11/12/19, "Foster Mother Writes About Migrant Child's 3000-Mile Journey"; 

Stirred up (11-10-19)

John 5: 1-9; Junior High Sunday; "Did Trouble Me," by Susan Werner

Out on a limb (11-3-19)

Luke 19:1-10; at the end of the sermon podcast, if you let things to continue to run, you'll hear the Manchester Church of the Brethren senior high youth choir sing an original composition by David Hupp based on this morning's scripture: "The Tree"