Coppertop Sermons

Long Day’s Journey Into Night

Sermon preached March 21, 2010

Text: John 12:1-8

Joan Chittister: “There is no substitute for the drama that goes on within the self” (Living Well, 41). She may be right, but what if the drama within the self is like a Hitchcock movie – intense and dark?
I don’t know what it was,

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Ever Present Past

Sermon preached March 14, 2010

Texts: Luke 15:1-3, 11b-32

How many of you watched the Academy Award show last Sunday night? I watched different parts of it, sometimes while doing something else. One of the parts of the show that I appreciate most is the “In Memoriam” segment – the portion of the program

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Afraid So

Sermon preached February 28, 2010

Texts: Psalm 27; Luke 13:31-35

Afraid So Jeanne Marie Beaumont

Is it starting to rain?
Did the check bounce?
Are we out of coffee?
Is this going to hurt?
Could you lose your job?
Did the glass break?
Was the baggage misrouted?
Will this go on my record?
Are

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