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A September 11th Sermon (opens the original)
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Several years ago, September 11th fell on a Sunday. Here is the transcript of the sermon that I preached that day.“Associating and Teaching”A Sermon drawing on John 14:1-6 and Acts 11:20-26-What does it mean to be Christian?-What does it mean to be Christian? That may seem like a strange question to ask in church. It’s one of those things that a lot of us probably take for granted – many of us have either been church goers for some time or have known some church goers for some time and have kind
“More Good than Bad” (opens the original)
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There was an active shooter event in our community last Wednesday, September 2nd, 2026 at Westwood Hills Elementary School in Waynesboro. It has been a difficult week. In the face of tragedy, teachers and staff were and are heroes, students are brave and resilient, and the community is supporting each other as we navigate trauma, grief, and process all the other emotions.The following is the sermon I preached reflecting on the week, on our community, and what it means to be there for each other.
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The late college basketball coach Jimmy Valvano gave a famous speech that contained a famous quote. The speech is titled “Don’t Give Up” and he gave it at the ESPY awards in 1993 as he introduced the Jimmy V Foundation for cancer research as he, himself, was battling cancer. The famous quote:To me, there are three things we all should do every day … Number one is laugh. You should laugh every day. Number two is think, you should spend some time in thought. And number three is you should have you
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This week, I participated in the annual Pulpit Swap among a consortium of area PC(USA) churches called Better Together. This is a good opportunity for our churches to connect, to hear different preachers, and for me to make silly faces in a new setting while being a very serious preacher. Also, looking through the live feed reminded me of my days taking high school Spanish: Hola, me llamo Tomás! Further caption clarification: “Hypocrites” is the name of the sermon and not a title bestowed upon m
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