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“Unfinished Business” A Devotion on 1 Corinthians 3: 6
“I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the growth.”—1 Corinthians 3: 6 At the beginning of my ministry I taught myself to cook. I was serving two small congregations in rural Maine. I was single...
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“Taking on the Mantle” A Sermon for The Third Sunday after Pentecost, Year C
2 Kings 2:1-2, 6-14 Luke 9:51-62 Who is Jesus? Albert Sweitzer famously said “looking for Jesus is like looking down a well. You see only your own reflection: that Jesus remains a stranger and an...
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“Distracted by Many Things” A Sermon on Luke 10:38-42
I have heard it said that there are two kinds of people in the world: those who believe there are two kinds of people in the world, and those who do not. I, myself, am of the latter opinion, because no...
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“Rich Toward God” A Stewardship Sermon on Luke 12:13-21
Someone in the crowd said to him, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the family inheritance with me.” But he said to him, “Friend, who set me to be a judge or arbitrator over you?” And he said to...
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“Heads Up!” A Sermon for the First Sunday of Advent, Year A
Advent is my favorite season of the church year. It has a different feel to it than the other seasons. There is a sense of yearning in Advent. A sense of anticipation. It is a time of watching and...
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“A Different Story; a Better Way” A Sermon on Matthew 4: 12-23
Over the years I have preached a number of Epiphany sermons here, as Brent often takes time away during the season. One particularly memorable one was three years ago. It was the conjunction of three...
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Dudne M. Breeze (1938-2020) A Remembrance
Greetings from the Berkshire Hills. I’m Rick Floyd and I’m Pastor Emeritus of the First Church of Christ in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. It will be 50 years ago next year that I walked down the Andover...
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A Reflection on Forty-Five Years of Ordained Ministry
On this day forty-five years ago, September 21, 1975, I was ordained into the Christian Ministry of Word and Sacrament at the Newton Highlands Congregational Church, United Church of Christ, in Newton...
View ArticleRichard L. Floyd: “Prophetic” pastors who don’t love the church
(This article first appeared on the Faith and Leadership blog of Duke Divinity School on on March 17, 2010.) If the main reason you become a pastor is to promote some cause, then your soul is in...
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Christmas Eve Reflections
I lead a little weekly Bible Study on Zoom and yesterday we had the story of the birth of Jesus from Luke Chapter 2. The Christmas story is a good one in which to ponder how we read Scripture since it...
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