Sermon: Hospitality

Hospitality August 28, 2022 Hebrews 13:1-8, 15-16 Michael Swartz Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, thereby some have entertained angels unawares. When I agreed to fill in for four months here at the Church of Peace, Mary Oelschlaeger asked me to answer...

Marginalization

August 21, 2022 Invisible woman – Luke 13:10-17 Michael Swartz The woman healed by Jesus in the Gospel reading for today was clearly suffering from osteoporosis. The Mayo Clinic website characterizes the disease this way: “Osteoporosis affects men and women of...

Sermon: Witness=Martyr

Proper 15C – Aug 14, 2022 Witness = Martyr Rev. Michael Swartz Hebrews 11:29-12:2 11:29 By faith the people passed through the Red Sea as if it were dry land, but when the Egyptians attempted to do so they were drowned. 11:30 By faith the walls of Jericho fell...

Sermon: Connect the Dots

August 7, 2022 – Proper 14C Hebrews 11: 1-13 Michael Swartz “Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence for things not seen” Hebrews 11:1 When I last preached on this text at Church of Peace I began with the story of an elderly pastor who was...

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