Sermons

It’s Pentecost

by Rick Lord on May 22, 2010

in Liturgy,Sermons

Working Preacher.org sponsored by Luther Seminary offers this Video with insightful commentary that a certain preacher may include in his sermon this Sunday.

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Whirlwinds and Stewardship

by Rick Lord on October 28, 2009

in Sermons

A Sermon for the 20th Sunday after Pentecost, October 11, 2009 Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind: “Who is this that darkens counsel by words without knowledge? 
Gird up your loins like a man, 
I will question you, and you shall declare to me. 
”Where were you when I laid the foundation [...]

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Soul Bonding

by Rick Lord on June 21, 2009

in Human Transformation,Sermons

“When David had finished speaking to Saul, the soul of Jonathan was bound to the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul” (1 Samuel 18:1). In my sermon today I suggested that there is between a father and his children, a bonding of soul similar to the bonding of soul between [...]

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Sermon: Real Faith in a Real World – Part I

by Rick Lord on February 12, 2009

in Sermons

Snippets from part one of a three sermon series I’m offering at Church of the Holy Comforter in Vienna, Virginia. David Kinnaman, president of the Barna Group, published a book in 2008 called “unChristian.” And in the book he outlines the results of a survey of some 400 young adults ages 16-29 “outside” of the [...]

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Radical Welcome

by Rick Lord on January 21, 2009

in Best Practices,Sermons

This past weekend, our Vestry spent time in “appreciative inquiry” looking at the core practices of our parish life: radical welcome, engaging worship, intentional discipleship, risk-taking mission and service, and willing generosity.  These are practices embedded in our common life.  We do some well and there are others we need to relearn and deepen to [...]

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