Hedding United Methodist Church

YEAR A ORDINARY 15 2011 Genesis 25:19-34 Romans 8:1-11 MT13:1-9,18-23 In American football, imagine if your favorite team had the best quarterback of all time– a guy who could run the ball and pass with near perfection; a guy who could read the field, find openings, and who had an instinct for winning moves.  Then [...]

YEAR A ORDINARY 18 2011 Genesis 32:22-31 Romans 9:1-5 MT 14:13-21 The dawn is breaking on Hedding.  The dawn is breaking in.  The dawn started with that faint light on the eastern horizon some time ago, and some of us have picked up on that light with joy the morning is with us—even as the [...]

YEAR A ORDINARY 19 2011 Gen 37:1-4,12-28 Romans 10:5-15 MT 14:22-33 When I was a boy, I used to hike on the Long Trail in the summer, mostly in southern Vermont.  I remember the fresh warm raspberries along the way and the beauty of fog over Stratton Pond, the smell of burning ferns the smoke [...]

YEAR A ORDINARY 21 2011 ROMANS 12:1-8 MT 16:13-20 Holiness is something I preach about quite often, and, I expect, it is not a topic that a lot of us like to hear too much about. The problems with it start when we try to live into it. We feel a tad guilty for not [...]

YEAR A ORDINARY 23 2011 Matthew 18:15-20 Romans 13:8-14 Exodus 12:1-14 Today, we face a crisis within a crisis followed by more crises.  Environmental disasters follow quickly upon one another without end.  We must face up to these and respond.  But some of our crises are manufactured by social, political and economic games—games that are based on [...]

YEAR A ORDINARY 22 2011 Exodus 3:1-15 Romans 12:9-21 MT 16:21-28 In our culture, we are accustomed to thinking that if we are to grow and mature, we need to focus on ourselves—getting to know who I am, what my desires and aspirations are, and to go out and get what my heart desires.  It [...]