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Sunday’s Sermon Today (DNBA – Advent 1): Don’t Miss Christmas (Luke 1:5-22)

Posted on November 23, 2016 by Jacob Sahms

This is the first sermon in the DNBA Advent series.  Do you ever miss the point? Maybe it’s the punchline of a joke, the purpose of a story, the content of the conversation that the other person really wants you to … Continue reading →

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Why Aren’t There Easter Lights? (A Mustard Seed Musing)

Posted on December 22, 2014 by Jacob Sahms

Driving home one night last week, I passed a church that was wrapped in lights. Not lit up with a spotlight or a Living Nativity display. With actual, multicolored lights. It seems like even the church wanted to get into … Continue reading →

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An Innkeeper, Home Alone? (Sunday’s Sermon Today)

Posted on December 3, 2014 by Jacob Sahms

“There was no room for them in the inn.” Without a doubt, that’s the scariest phrase for me in the opening vignettes of Jesus’ miraculous birth and life. Not that an unwed, teenage girl would be his mother; not that … Continue reading →

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Random Thoughts From The Train (A Mustard Seed Musing)

Posted on November 29, 2014 by Jacob Sahms

While the airline fees predicate a certain socioeconomic class, the train still allows for a melting pot of cultural diversity. But you still need a ticket to ride. It’s kind of like grace- it may be free but it ain’t … Continue reading →

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A Christmas Story To Tell (Sunday’s Sermon Today- Advent 1)

Posted on November 26, 2014 by Jacob Sahms

What are your favorite stories? The ones you would re-read or re-watch, the ones you love to hear for yourself again and to tell others about? The ones you can tell by heart? One of my favorite stories – and … Continue reading →

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What #Ferguson Tells Us About Ourselves (A Mustard Seed Musing)

Posted on November 25, 2014 by Jacob Sahms

My Facebook feed has been riddled with rants about how justice was served (!) or how justice wasn’t served (!) for the last seventeen hours, after the verdict came back with no indictment of Officer Darren Wilson in the shooting … Continue reading →

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What If All The Kids Had Coats? Praying For A Christmas Miracle (A Mustard Seed Musing)

Posted on November 17, 2014 by Jacob Sahms

The little girl came into church with her two brothers and her two older cousins. I noticed she was shivering, and that her hoodie looked pretty threadbare. The weather has turned for the colder, and it’s only supposed to get … Continue reading →

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Reframing Christmas (A Mustard Seed Musing)

Posted on December 19, 2013 by Jacob Sahms

I’ve been setting up various Nativity scenes for Christmastime since I was a little kid. I had a wooden one that was mine to set up, that all of the pieces fit together as a puzzle; another of my favorites … Continue reading →

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The Day Christmas Died (A Mustard Seed Musing)

Posted on December 12, 2013 by Jacob Sahms

It seems like the end came long before we realized it. That Christmas actually died years before we knew it, like they say that a star burns out but we don’t know if for years. It’s a funny thing, stars. … Continue reading →

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A New Hope @ Christmas 2012

Posted on January 14, 2013 by Jacob Sahms

On Christmas Eve 2012, I preached the following sermon (with a few edits) reflecting on Jesus’ birth, the kingdom of God, the Newtown, Connecticut, tragedy, and the hope we have to share with others.  As many of you know, Walt … Continue reading →

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