Preacher: Nate Hosler Scripture: Haggai 2:1-9, Psalm 145:1-5, 17-21 When you read the tasting notes of high-quality (or perhaps pretentious) coffee or cheese, the taster will make observations that are often hard for the untrained person (like myself) to fully appreciate. Hints of this chocolate. Smokey. Fruity-forward. I grew up in a Bible-forward family. In…
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On Love Feast and Mutual Aid
Preacher: Rev. Nathan Hosler Scripture: Habakkuk 1:1-4 & 2:1-4, Luke 17:5-10 Habakkuk was a musician-prophet in Temple. The brief book and our passage start with a complaint. The prophet complains and laments the violence that surrounds him. This is violence from within and violence from others. The violence is direct—“from the Chaldeans”—and the systemic abuse…
Acting in Hope
Preacher: Rev. Nate Hosler Scripture: Jeremiah 32:1-3,6-15; 1 Timothy 6:6-19 The prompt said that I was invited to speak on what I’m “passionate about.” But passion or excitement may be similar to the feeling of love. As folks sometimes say, love includes action and choice and is not always a warm and fuzzy feeling. Certainly,…
And Who is My Neighbor?
Preacher: Rev. Nate Hosler Scripture: Deuteronomy 30:9-14, Colossians 1:1-14, Luke 10:25-37 In 2003, after a year and a half of volunteer service and feeling a call to ministry, I boarded a train to Chicago from Pennsylvania. I was headed to college and the school was in the center of the city. A ministry training program,…
Jesus: Drama Queen, True King
Preacher: Rev. Nate Hosler Scripture: Luke 19:28-40 Protests are often a bit of a parade—at times a party of defiance. Banners colorfully display and boldly pronounce a challenge, a rallying cry, a lament, a celebration. They may dramatically re-enact or process solemnly. At times they use religious themes or observances—our family has taken to calling…
God’s economy of abundance
By: Rev. Nate Hosler John 2:1-11, 1 Corinthians 12:1-11 Our Gospel passage is from the book of John. The passage is from the beginning of the secondchapter. It is very early in the book. If you recall, we just finished up Christmas. While it mightfeel quite long ago already, it was only a few weeks…
Creation Groans – Listen to It
Preacher: Nathan Hosler Date: July 23,2023 Scripture: Psalm: 139:1-12, 23-24, Romans 8:12-25 In Verse 12 of Romans 8:12-25 (passage below)the “so then” points back. The “so then” is what comes as a result of the new life in the Spirit. The chapter begins, Therefore there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ…
Perspective
Preacher: Nathan Hosler Date: July 2, 2023 Scripture: Genesis 22:1-14 After these things God tested Abraham. He said to him, “Abraham!” And he said, “Here I am.” 2 He said, “Take your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah and offer him there as a burnt offering on one…
Mary – Mother of God – Economist: Happy Mother’s Day
Preacher: Nathan Hosler Date: May 14, 2023 Scripture: Proverbs 31:10-31, Luke 1:46-56, John 14:15-21 Audio can be found here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1oJgNavaIdkTPRqg1vXJ8cPs0vhqKADAD/view?usp=sharing Happy Mother’s Day! Today we honor and express gratitude for and to mothers. We are thankful for the ways that mothers have cared for us as we grew up and did work that we did…
Christ’s love moves the world to reconciliation and unity
Preacher: Nathan Hosler Scripture: John 17:1-26 Date: September 25, 2022 A young Greek Orthodox monk working in the finance office in Greece, originally from Pennsylvania, dressed in traditional black robe, beard, and long hair in a bun (we did this before hipsters, he said). A pastor working in the women’s ministry from a Pentecostal church…
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