Sermons from September 2019

Preacher: Pastor Liz MillerDate: September 29, 2019Text: Luke 16:19-31 I moved to Michigan during the year of the last presidential election, and it’s hard to believe another huge election is upon us. I have warned Edgewood’s Faith Community Nurse Leah that the blood pressure screenings after worship are likely to show elevated levels over the next 14 months. After living in states like California and Connecticut where my vote only mattered a tiny bit, it’s pretty fun to live in…

Preacher: Pastor Liz MillerDate: September 22, 2019Text: Amos 8:4-7 This might be the most unlikely way to begin a sermon on Just Peace Sunday, but I promise it ties in. This month is the 25th anniversary of the premiere of the tv show Friends and I have been inundated with Friends references the past few weeks, so much so that I can’t get certain scenes out of my head. Commercials, social media, and even google doodles have paid homage to…

Preacher: Pastor Liz MillerDate: September 15, 2019Text: Luke 15:1-10 Everyone has a story of being lost. Sometimes they are family stories that are told with nervous laughter years later, about young children who wandered away in shopping centers and a frantic parental search that last three minutes, twenty minutes, an hour. Sometimes they are family stories that are not talked about, of relationships that were lost in a rift that could not be bound back together. Sometimes our stories of…