Upside Down Reality
Exodus1:8-2:10 Matthew 16:13-20 I saw it yesterday on Spring Pond. I’m betting most of you have seen it: when the wind is calm, the...
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The Rev. Bob Holum
- Aug 20
- 7 min
God Chooses Your Heart
Genesis 45:1-15 Matthew 15:21-28 I was feeling lost this week when I got this Facebook greeting from my Dean, Pastor Regina Goodrich, in...
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The Rev. Jason Harris
- Aug 13
- 10 min
Little Faith
Matthew 14:22-33 Romans 10:5-15 Some of you may know that before I entered the ministry, I worked at a bank on Wall Street. I loved my...
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The Rev. Jason Harris
- Aug 6
- 11 min
The God Who Speaks
Exodus 34:29-35 Luke 9:28-36 One of my favorite memories from a few summers ago took place when my children were young. They found a...
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The Rev. Tyler Montgomery
- Jul 30
- 8 min
A Recipe for Transformation
Romans 8:26-39 Matthew 13:31-33,44-52 There is a commonplace experience of parenthood that may be as cliché as it is resonant. It often...
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The Rev. Tyler Montgomery
- Jul 23
- 8 min
The Weeds of Time & the Deeper Magic
Romans 8:12-25 Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43 When Allison learned that her digestive problems were caused by a five-inch tumor blocking part of...
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The Rev. Tyler Montgomery
- Jul 16
- 8 min
Soils of the Soul
Romans 8:1-11 Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23 When I lived in Costa Rica, there was a program by the Costa Rican government to place computer...
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The Rev. Tyler Montgomery
- Jul 9
- 7 min
Getting Stuck and Finding Help
Romans 7:15-25a Matthew 11:16-19,25-30 One disadvantage of being a former athlete is that my body became comfortable consuming more than...
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The Rev. Tyler Montgomery
- Jul 2
- 7 min
Bloody Feet of Love
Genesis 22:1-14 Matthew 10:40-42 One of the most well-known excerpts of T.S. Eliot’s poem, Four Quartets, is the beginning of the final...
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The Rev. Bob Holum
- Aug 28, 2022
- 8 min
"Woke up Sunday morning..."
Psalm 112, Philippians 2: 1-11, Luke 14: 1, 7-14 It was 2007, the year I retired. I was on an ancestry hunt, researching what I hoped...
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The Rev. Bob Holum
- Aug 21, 2022
- 4 min
In Search of Resilience
Isaiah 58, Psalm 103, Luke 13 Resilience is a word I’ve thought about this week. I heard a school principle in the north country state...
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The Rev. Tyler Montgomery
- Aug 14, 2022
- 8 min
The Unity of Wrath and Love
Jeremiah 23:23-29; Luke 12:49-56 As I mentioned during announcements, this is my final Sunday with you this summer. I would rather that I...
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The Rev. Tyler Montgomery
- Aug 7, 2022
- 8 min
Do Not Be Afraid
Genesis 15:1-6; Luke 12:32-40 I’d like to spend some time with the first lesson that Luke Harris read from Genesis because it becomes the...
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The Rev. Tyler Montgomery
- Jul 31, 2022
- 8 min
Silver Candlesticks of God's Grace
Ecclesiastes 1:2, 12-14; 2:18-23; Luke 12:13-21 Our first lesson today from Ecclesiastes, which Ella Nalle read for us, has historically...
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The Rev. Tyler Montgomery
- Jul 24, 2022
- 8 min
Thy Will be Done
Genesis 18:20-32; Luke 11:1-13 For those of you who were here last week, you will have to endure another story from the boarding school...
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The Rev. Tyler Montgomery
- Jul 17, 2022
- 7 min
The Chores of Fear & the Chores of Love
Genesis 18:1-10; Luke 10:38-42 The lesson that I just read from Luke’s gospel is a type of short, encapsulated story that is often called...
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The Rev. Robert Tate
- Jul 10, 2022
- 6 min
Our Good Samaritan Story
A sermon preached by the Rev. Robert L. Tate on Sunday, July 10, 2022 at The Church of the Ascension, Saranac Inn, NY. Today is a very...
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The Rev. Tyler Montgomery
- Jul 3, 2022
- 7 min
Extraordinary Grace in Ordinary Things
2 Kings 5:1-14 Luke 10:1-11, 16-20 Our first lesson from the Old Testament that Hank Harder read is a rich story with far more to reflect...
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The Rev. Bob Holum
- Sep 5, 2021
- 6 min
Getting Lost
Mark 7:24-30 I’ve been practicing my talent for getting lost. Rosie the hound dog and I set off this week to visit a certain sandy bank...
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The Rev. Bob Holum
- Aug 22, 2021
- 6 min
After the Picnic or “Bread and Bread”
Jesus had been preaching and healing in large outdoor spaces around the sea of Galilee - think of the parking lot at the boat launch or...
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