by Rev. Mariah Marlin-Warfield | Jan 27, 2019 | Sermons
Matthew 5:1-20 Imagine being in the crowd on that afternoon. Here we learned Jesus had come to town. He was on tour preaching the good news of the kingdom of heaven, curing disease, healing despair. So when he went up the mountain, we went with him; you remember. Once...
by Rev. Mariah Marlin-Warfield | Jan 20, 2019 | Sermons
Matthew 4:1-17 If you have ever attended or worked at a summer camp, you might share my appreciation: camp nurses have a difficult job! In addition to managing scores of allergy meds, and epi pens, and inhalers; in addition to managing twisted ankles, and poison ivy,...
by Rev. Mariah Marlin-Warfield | Jan 6, 2019 | Sermons
Matthew 2:1-23 It was just a few days ago. All of us were gathered in this room hearing the words of the angels: “Do not be afraid… To you is born this day, in the city of David, a Savior who is the Messiah.” Then all the world answered with songs of glad rejoicing....
by Rev. Mariah Marlin-Warfield | Dec 23, 2018 | Sermons
Matthew 1:18-25 God love the angels. Again and again, they show up heralding their catch phrase “Do not be afraid” as though this time, maybe we’ll be convinced. But here’s the problem, angels are terrifying. Whether they come disguised as strangers or six-winged...
by Rev. Mariah Marlin-Warfield | Dec 16, 2018 | Sermons
Isaiah 42:1-9 When Elizabeth got pregnant, her husband, Zechariah, didn’t even believe it, so the angel Gabriel made it so Zechariah could not speak until Elizabeth gave birth to John. Once she did, Zechariah took a long look at his baby. Once he named the baby John,...
by Rev. Mariah Marlin-Warfield | Dec 2, 2018 | Sermons
Habakkuk 1:1-7, 2:1-4, 3:17-19 Ta-Nehisi Coates wrote the book Between the World and Me as an open letter to his young son. In this, Coates makes a stunning observation.1 I missed this point on my first reading. I am indebted to Austin Channing Brown for pointing it...
