January 3, 2021

Posted by James Pitts in Sermons

“Making the Light Visible”

Year B - Second Sunday after Christmas Day

When I was in seminary, one of the rites of passage was your “middler sermon.”  Second year students were called middlers and sometime during the year you preached in chapel and then had your sermon critiqued.  It was both exhilarating and terrifying to preach before your friends, professors, and any visitors who were on campus. […]

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December 27, 2020

Posted by James Pitts in Dr. Lee Carter, Sermons

"The Language of Christmas"

Year B - First Sunday After Christmas

I met him while I was doing my last-minute Christmas shopping and as we were standing in the checkout line. His face seemed so welcoming and friendly that I decided to strike up a conversation.  Right away I discovered that he didn’t know English very well.  He struggled to come up with the words and […]

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