Archive for October, 2001

Leaf Mold

Sunday, October 28th, 2001

(Note from the author: In recent years, by request, I have given one sermon a year that I
have given in Wayland before. This year’s (below) can be found in Perspectives, a collection
of some of my early sermons in Wayland, copies of which are still available.)The same leaves over and over again!
They fall from giving shade [...]

When Silence Becomes Singing

Sunday, October 21st, 2001

Some of you may know what important event Tuesday commemorates; it is of course the
birthday of the world. If you didn’t know, please don’t feel bad, I have to admit, I didn’t until I read The Map That Changed the World, it is just one of the many things I learned from that small yet [...]

Three Inspiring Women

Sunday, October 14th, 2001

Two weeks ago I raised the hope that by now life would be, if not “normal” [for that we
won't have soon, I fear], closer enough to normal here that every visit to this room, this
community, will be both a comfort in the ordeal and at least to some degree not a part of that
ordeal, even [...]

Speak the Truth in Love

Sunday, October 7th, 2001

So much has happened in the last three weeks, I don’t imagine that many of you arrived with any confidence that my sermon would be called, “Being Wonderful on Schedule,” as the last monthly church newsletter announced. Needless to say, I had no idea where we would actually find ourselves this day, as I concocted [...]