Sermons from Sunday Worship at Falls Church Presbyterian Church in Falls Church, VA.  Also sermons from my previous position in Columbus, OH.

James Sledge

In the Magnificat, Mary takes the role of prophet, singing a song that describes the shape of God's coming new day. The song invites us to catch God's vision of the future.  Just as athletes visualize what they are preparing to do, the prophet Mary gives us a vision of what the world is to become.  And we are invited to live into that vision.

Visualizing the Future (pt 2), Sermon from Luke 1:39-55

In the Magnificat, Mary takes the role of prophet, singing a song that describes the shape of God's coming new day. The song invites us to catch God's vision of the future.  Just as athletes visualize what they are preparing to do, the prophet Mary gives us a vision of what the world is to become.  And we are invited to live into that vision.  <br />
Kay Rieve is the soloist who sings Mary's song.

In the Magnificat, Mary takes the role of prophet, singing a song that describes the shape of God's coming new day. The song invites us to catch God's vision of the future.  Just as athletes visualize what they are preparing to do, the prophet Mary gives us a vision of what the world is to become.  And we are invited to live into that vision.  
Kay Rieve is the soloist who sings Mary's song.

Visualizing the Future (pt 1), Sermon from Luke 1:39-55

On a Sunday when the choir did Vivaldi's Gloria, I preached only in the early, informal service, and so I prepared a less formal sermon.  It draws from Donald Miller's new book where he writes that the same things that make a movie or story memorable or meaningful also work for our lives. Meaningful lives come from meaningful stories.  But changing our life stories is no easy task.<br />
John the Baptist tells those who come out to see him the changes they need to make, the new stories they need to live with their lives.  And the coming of a Savior with its stories of "Peace on Earth" and "Goodwill to All" call us out of our old stories, into the new story God is writing.

On a Sunday when the choir did Vivaldi's Gloria, I preached only in the early, informal service, and so I prepared a less formal sermon.  It draws from Donald Miller's new book where he writes that the same things that make a movie or story memorable or meaningful also work for our lives. Meaningful lives come from meaningful stories.  But changing our life stories is no easy task.
John the Baptist tells those who come out to see him the changes they need to make, the new stories they need to live with their lives.  And the coming of a Savior with its stories of "Peace on Earth" and "Goodwill to All" call us out of our old stories, into the new story God is writing.

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Visualizing the Future (pt 2), Sermon from Luke 1:39-55

Visualizing the Future (pt 1), Sermon from Luke 1:39-55

"Fruitful Lives - New Stories" (pt 1) Sermon from Luke 3:7-18, Dec. 13, 2009, Advent 3

"Fruitful Lives - New Stories" (pt 2) Sermon from Luke 3:7-18, Dec. 13, 2009, Advent 3

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"Fruitful Lives - New Stories" (pt 1) Sermon from Luke 3:7-18, Dec. 13, 2009, Advent 3

"Fruitful Lives - New Stories" (pt 2) Sermon from Luke 3:7-18, Dec. 13, 2009, Advent 3

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