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Sermon: God of the Weeds

Read Emily’s latest sermon, “God of the Weeds,” on her blog, Sit and Eat.

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Sermon: It’s Hard to Look at Endings

Read Emily’s latest sermon, “It’s Hard to Look at Endings,” on her blog, Sit and Eat.  This is the last sermon in a four-part series on Hagar, a character from the book of Genesis who is not often remembered.

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Sermon: Hagar in the Wilderness

Read Emily’s latest sermon, “Hagar in the Wilderness,” on her blog, Sit and Eat.  It’s the third sermon in our series on Hagar.

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Zach’s Sermon on Psalm 137

Zachary Walters, a Master of Divinity student at Union Seminary and an intern this year at St. Lydia’s, preached this sermon on Psalm 137 at Dinner Church on September 22. That “Going-Back-Home” Feeling We all know what it feels like to go back home. To let out a deep breath, and feel your whole brain […]

Stephanie’s Sermon on Psalm 13

Stephanie Gannon, a Master of Divinity student at Union Seminary and a congregant at St. Lydia’s, delivered this sermon at St. Lydia’s on September 29 and 30, 2013. You can read the full text of her sermon on her blog, onefierceheart. Psalm 13:  The Journey from Sorrow to Song A few weeks ago, in the […]

Sermon: The Rape of Hagar

Read Emily’s first sermon, “The Rape of Hagar” in a four part series about Hagar on her blog, Sit and Eat.  “No one is an empty container.”

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Joel’s Sermon on Psalm 22

Joel Avery, one of St. Lydia’s two interns this year, has just finished his first year in the M.Div. program at Yale Divinity School, and is in the ordination process in the United Church of Christ. He preached at St. Lydia’s on September 23, 2013; you can read the text of his sermon on his blog, […]

Sermon: On Longing

Read Emily’s latest sermon, “On Longing,” on her blog, Sit and Eat.  The text is Psalm 42.

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Sermon: In the Presence of My Enemies

Emily’s latest sermon, In the Presence of My Enemies, is up on her blog.  The text is the much loved, much recited Psalm 23.

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Sermon: Stuck in the Middle (With You)

Read Emily’s latest sermon, “Stuck in the Middle (With You)” on her blog, Sit and Eat.  The text is Luke 24:45-53.  For anyone who’s every been stuck in the middle of anything.

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