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Vain Toil or Wise Work?
Sunday, August 3rd 2025 Eighth Sunday after Pentecost, Series C (Proper 13C) Text: Ecclesiastes 1:2, 12–14; 2:18–26 Link to Sermon Teaser Link to Livestream Sermon Audio As we gather… “Vanity of vanities, says the Preacher, vanity of vanities! All is vanity.” This word “vanity” is threaded throughout the book of Ecclesiastes. One might wonder if…
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Hanging on a Promise
We pray in the collect (that is prayer) of the day “O Lord, let Your merciful ears be attentive to the prayers of Your servants, and by Your Word and Spirit teach us how to pray that our petitions may be pleasing before You.” We see prayer in action in our Old Testament lesson as…
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Funeral Sermon for Karen Jaeger
This heartfelt funeral sermon compares the birth of a child with the pain of death, weaving together personal memories and gospel hope. Karen, like all of us, bore thorns—grief, physical suffering, and loss—but through Christ, those thorns have become jewels. Drawing from 2 Corinthians 12, the preacher highlights God’s grace in weakness, showing how Jesus’…