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    • Mar6Sun

      Sermon - March 6, 2016

      March 6, 2016
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      Intern Pastor Ronnie Smith

      Imagine, if you will, that someone you love is having trouble breathing and you know it is serious. What do you do? You would seek medical attention. Perhaps you’re scared and worried. You see the fear and panic in the eyes of your loved one and those gathered around in love and support, no one is sure what to expect. The medical staff put...

    • Feb24Wed

      Open Hands

      February 24, 2016
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      Intern Pastor Ronnie Smith

      Please, let us take a moment and think about what it means that Jesus laid his hands on a few sick people and cured them.

      When I was younger I was working as a delivery driver for a tool and die shop. One day while lifting a heavy load from the back of the van up onto the dock I tore the ligaments in my wrist. As a musician I was particularly...

    • Feb14Sun

      Sermon - February 14, 2016

      February 14, 2016
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      Intern Pastor Ronnie Smith

      Five years ago, life looked a whole lot different for me. Hilla and I were living in Ottawa with no children. We had coasted into town on a hope and a prayer, the van I traded for to get us there promptly died shortly after we moved into our apartment. She was a Music Director at a church and I was working as the Research Analyst Assistant to...

    • Jan31Sun

      Sermon - January 31, 2016

      January 31, 2016
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      Intern Pastor Ronnie Smith

      In this week’s readings, we are confronted repeatedly by the prophetic word of God through a variety of means. God speaks to and through people to teach us about the divine way, modeling for us how we are to live. This God speaking to and through us reminded me of a poem I read recently by Rainer Maria Rilke from his work the Book of...

    • Jan17Sun

      Sermon January 17, 2016

      January 17, 2016
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      Intern Pastor Ronnie Smith
      So what does all of this mean? How might we to interpret this Gospel lesson? How does it relate to life for us today?