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March 25, 2016 Good Friday – A man walks into a bar, er, I mean he walks into a church

Posted by Anna Rybat on
 September 14, 2016

A stranger walked into church one day, a Sunday naturally. He was carrying a Bible which should be a good sign but in the modern era, it’s sort of a danger sign, I mean, how many of you carry a Bible to church. We’ll get to asking why we don’t later on. He had that […]


Tags : abundant life, confession, joy, kingdom of God, ministry, truth, who are you looking for?

Sunday, May 17th, 2015 Easter 7 – Francis Baptism

Posted by Anna Rybat on
 August 21, 2015

I don’t know if the Bible or the Gospel of Christ is a valid testimony vis a vis whether or not Debbie and I should buy a new car, buy the car we’ve been leasing, or lease a new one. I’ve looked for the Book of Advice, or maybe the Book of Trivialities but I […]


Tags : advice, agreements, Denny's, economics, grace, snark, trivia, truth

Sunday, December 7, 2014 Advent 2 It will take courage

Posted by Anna Rybat on
 December 10, 2014
  · 1 Comment

“Oooooh, you shouldn’t have done that.” Almost all of us have had that thought race through our heads at one time or another. Most people have one or two moments in their lives that bring to them thoughts of shame and a fear of that one moment being exposed to others. Even pastors. There’s probably […]


Tags : Andy Lopez, beginnings, courage, cowardice, culture, culture of violence, Eric Garner, Fallujah, Fear, fear cowardice, Ferguson, forgiveness, gospel, grace, hard question, issues, leadership, lectionary, Mark, mercy, Michael Brown, protest, question, responsibility, shame, Sheriff, Staten Island, truth

Sunday, September 1, 2013 Pentecost 15 Sit where you sit

Posted by Anna Rybat on
 September 10, 2013
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This week’s scriptures can be found here So many times I have heard this morning’s scriptures preached as the “don’t get too big for your britches” scriptures, some kind of warning against being prideful, or even being proud. This is seen as some kind of exercise in humility, a habit you need to get into […]


Tags : already, Christ abides, humiliation, humility, lectionary, Micah, parable, prideful, proud, scriptures, Son of God, truth, works righteousness, WWJD

Sunday, April 14 – naked

Posted by Anna Rybat on
 April 17, 2013
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There are things I know about quite a few of you that you’d probably rather I didn’t mention in church, or in front of other people at all. It is an odd position to be in, as Pastor, to know things, to know family secrets and to have seen people at their most vulnerable, or […]


Tags : confession, confessional, fallibility, forgiveness, Geraldo, honesty, isolation, Jesus Christ, naked, realistic, Swaggart, truth, TV, vulnerability, vulnerable

April 7, 2013 – got all caught up in gardening so its a bit late

Posted by Anna Rybat on
 April 10, 2013
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Just showing off the glory of God’s Kingdom as expressed in my front yard! We have a strange relationship with the word Bravery in the world these days. We love the notion of bravery, but the world we have and are still creating does little to promote bravery, actual bravery, where you do something even […]


Tags : acts, brave, bravery, certainty, chosen one, doubt, doubting thomas, faith, good friday, hero, investing, madoff, mercy, perfection, risk, stockton, truth, virtue
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