Sermons from October 2021

Preacher: Pastor Liz Miller Date: October 31, 2021 Text: 1 Samuel 28:3-25 Four witches you need to make a coven. Hollywood has more, at least four dozen. Glinda posed the question so long ago: Are you a good witch or a bad witch? We really must know. Moving through time we became Bewitched Samantha and Endora, their noses twitched. About teen witches, there are quite a few Louise Miller, The Craft, and Sabrina come through. You never want to cross…

Preacher: Pastor Liz MillerDate: October 17, 2021Text: Job 38:1-7, 34-41 The story of Job was written by someone who wanted an answer to the question, “Whydo bad things happen to good people?” A way, way, way, long time ago people believed that ifyou were good, God would protect you, and if you were bad, God would punish you. It’s a beliefthat still persists, despite ample evidence otherwise. When we receive a difficult diagnosis, westart to wonder if we could have…

Preacher: Pastor Liz MillerDate: October 10, 2021Text: Mark 10:17-31 Last week Melinda, our wonderful liturgist this morning, received a check in the mail fora bill she had overpaid. The check was for five cents. I joked that she should remember to tithe10% back to the church, and last Sunday she arrived at worship and handed me a shiny nickel.Little did she know she was modeling today’s Gospel lesson when Jesus tells the man who wantsto inherit eternal life that he…

Preacher: Pastor Liz MillerDate: October 3, 2021Text: Matthew 10:13-16 There are many things that make Edgewood a unique congregation, unlike any I’ve everencountered in my very churchy life, but one of my favorite things is that Edgewood has anunusually high percentage of people who have lived in countries other than the United States.From Nicaragua to South India, Indonesia to Cuba, Kenya to Canada and beyond, we are apeople who see ourselves as global citizens, invested in politics, cultures, and languages…