Sermons from November 2021

Preacher: Pastor Liz Miller Date: November 28, 2021 Text: Genesis 16:7-`13 and Luke 1:26-38 There is a bit of difference when it comes to preparing for Christmas inside the church and outside the church. Outside of the church we tend to skip the preparation part – we dive head first into Christmas with festive sweaters, cookie exchanges, cheery songs that have been remade and reusing dozens of times.             There is something less sweet and more, well, unsettling, about the…

Preacher: Pastor Liz Miller Date: November 21, 2021 Text: Deuteronomy 26:1-11             Sometimes people ask me what I do all week as a pastor once worship is over. The shortest and most honest answer I can give is: meetings. I meet with staff, committees, ministry teams, clergy colleagues, church members with questions, church members with concerns, new folks, old folks, young folks, and everyone in between. I won’t admit this out loud too often, but meetings are one of my…

Preacher: Pastor Liz Miller Date: November 14, 2021 Text: Psalm 1:3             One of my recent joys has been conversations with people who belonged to Edgewood long ago. It’s ranged from people who found Edgewood during college 30 or 40 years ago, siblings who were baptized and grew up here before moving away as young adults, and folks who lived here while working at MSU and raising a family before careers took them out of town. Regardless of what stage…

Preacher: Pastor Liz Miller Date: November 7, 2021 Text: John 11:32-44             Earlier this week when I went to prepare our banner of the Saints for worship today, the names I took off it were over two years old. The last time we worshiped in the sanctuary for All Saints day was in 2019. Looking at those names and remembering what things were like when those people each died was the thousandth way I was reminded that we have been…