Sermons from January 2013

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No Need?

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Carlos Wilton, January 27, 2013; 3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C; 1 Corinthians 12:12-31a “The eye cannot say to the hand, ‘I have no need of you…’” – 1 Corinthians 12:21a On the day of a Congregational Meeting, I suppose it’s appropriate — nay, even obligatory — for the preacher to unpack a passage […]

Where There’s Hope, There’s Life

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Carlos Wilton, January 20, 2013; 2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C; Isaiah 62:1-5 “You shall no more be termed Forsaken, and your land shall no more be termed Desolate…” – Isaiah 62:4 83 days. That’s how long it’s been since Hurricane Sandy’s storm surge hit us. I’ve been thinking a lot, these days, about […]

The Magi’s Handbook

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Carlos Wilton, January 6, 2013; Epiphany, Year C; Matthew 2:1-12 “When they had heard the king, they set out; and there, ahead of them, went the star that they had seen at its rising, until it stopped over the place where the child was.” – Matthew 2:9 Imagine a secondhand bookshop: a quirky sort of […]