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Archived Sermons, 2008

Sermons in Winter, 2008

• January 6, 2008 (Communion) - "Reset" (PDF)
• January 13, 2008 - "Starting Point" (PDF)
• January 20, 2008 - "How Does Prayer Work?"
• January 27, 2008 - "What Kind of Christ?"
• February 3, 2008 (Scout Sunday) - "Golden"

Sermons of Lent and Easter, 2008

• February 6, 2008 (Ash Wednesday) - "Systems and Sparrows"
• February 17, 2008 (Communion, 2nd Sunday in Lent) - "Staying Connected" (PDF)
• February 24, 2008 (3rd Sunday in Lent) - "Abba"
• March 2, 2008 (4th Sunday in Lent) - "Hallowed"
• March 9, 2008 (service canceled because of power outage)
• March 16, 2008 (Palm Sunday) - "Thy Kingdom Come"
• March 20, 2008 (Maundy Thursday Communion) - "But Deliver Us"
• March 21, 2008 (Good Friday Community Service) - "I Thirst"
• March 23, 2008 (Easter) - "Thy Will Be Done on Earth"
• March 30, 2008 (2nd Sunday of Easter) - "Bread and Stones"
• April 6, 2008 (3rd Sunday of Easter) - "The Upper Hand"
• April 13, 2008 (4th Sunday of Easter) - "That They May Have Life"
• April 20, 2008 (5th Sunday of Easter) - "Room for Us"
• April 27, 2008 (6th Sunday of Easter) - "Advocate"
• May 4, 2008 (7th Sunday of Easter) - "Cultivating Life"

Sermons from Pentecost through July, 2008

• May 11, 2008 (Pentecost) - "Spirit of Adoption"
• May 18, 2008 (Trinity Sunday) - "Puzzle, Litmus Test, or Something Else?"
• May 25, 2008 - "I, Thou, and Them"
• June 1, 2008 (Confirmation and Commissioning) - "Here I Am" Also in PDF version
• June 8, 2008 - "How We Measure"
• June 15, 2008 - "Dignity" (PDF)
• July 6, 2008 - "Grace for All Generations"
• July 13, 2008 - "The Sower: Hope and Encouragement, Not Resignation to Fate"

Sermons Preached in the Old Broad Street Church, August 2008

• August 17 , 2008 - "When I Look Up" (PDF)
• August 24, 2008 - "Answer Me!" (PDF)
• August 31, 2008 - "Increased Strength" (PDF)

Sermons Preached in the Fall of 2008

• September 7, 2008 - "Our Places"
• September 14, 2008 - "Empty-handed"
• September 21, 2008 - "What's Wrong with Me?"
• September 28, 2008 - "Therefore We Will Not Fear"
• October 5, 2008 (World Communion) - "Practical Peacemaking"
• October 12, 2008 - "The Face We See Reflected"
• October 19, 2008 - "For Such a Time as This"
• October 26, 2008 - "Taking a Walk Together"
• November 2, 2008 - "Faith in a Time of Constriction"
• November 9, 2008 - "The Puzzle I, the Mystery You"
• November 16, 2008 - "Faith's Secret Strength"
• November 23, 2008 - "Going Forward by Faith"
• November 27, 2008 (Interfaith Community Service) - "Tired of Anger"

Sermons for Advent and Christmas, 2008

• November 30, 2008 (First Sunday of Advent) - "To Those with Fearful Hearts"
• December 7, 2008 (Second Sunday of Advent) - "The Real Meaning?"
• December 14, 2008 (Third Sunday of Advent, Christmas Music Sunday) - "Expecting to Smile"
• December 21, 2008 (Fourth Sunday of Advent)
• December 28, 2008 (First Sunday after Christmas) - "Hope for the Human Heart"