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#270. Rev. David Hockett - March 24, 2024

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2024/03/25

In the story of our faith, Jesus - King of the Jews, Savior of the world, God in the flesh - enters the holy city of Jerusalem in humility. He comes riding not on a war horse, not in a king’s chariot, not carrying a sword, but in humility on the back of a beast of burden. There is no ticker-tape parade, no marching band, no “Hail to the Chief”, no “God save the king”, no flowers thrown, no dignitaries greeting him. There are only the poor crowds lining the street with their coats, crying, “Blessed

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#269. Rev. David Hockett - March 17, 2024

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2024/03/18

In a recent gathering of pastors, Adam Hamilton noted, that there is the world as it is, and the world as it should be. The world as it should be is what we often refer to as the Kingdom of God. We see the world as it should be in Jesus. That is, in the way Jesus lived, welcomed, forgave, shared meals and table fellowship, healed, fed, and loved everyone, everywhere, we see what the world as it should be looks like. Last Sunday, I shared with our confirmands that part of what it means to be

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#278. Rev. Jim Humphries - March 10, 2024

From The Pulpit of DUMC ·

2024/03/11

As we conclude our book and sermon series this Sunday on Adam Hamilton's "Unafraid", we'll explore events that happen to us all: aging, illness, and death. While some of the fears that grip us in life are often unwarranted, it is beyond doubt that each of us will, in fact, become sick, get older, and die. So how do we cope with our fears that accompany these certainties of life? The Bible, and Jesus in particular, offer words of encouragement and hope to help us overcome our fears and worries. Read

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#277. Rev. David Hockett - March 7, 2024

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2024/03/05

If time allowed, we could work our way around the Sanctuary on any given Sunday and hear stories about how life can be overwhelming, leaving us worried and afraid. Apocalyptic tragedy and devastating loss, welcome and unwelcome change, concern over finances and the future, and fear of what we might miss if we make decision or take one path over another, can all leave us overwhelmed, worried, and afraid. And this is normal. As Hamilton notes, it’s normal and healthy to fear certain things and to be

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#266. Rev. Dianne Lawhorn - February 25, 2024

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2024/02/26

This Sunday, we continue in our Church-Wide Study "Unafraid: Living with Courage and Hope in Uncertain Times" by Adam Hamilton. We'll be looking at Part 3: Failure, Disappointing Others, Insignificance, and Loneliness. We will learn from Psalm 139 about what it means to discover our identity within our relationship with God. This relationship should be primary in our lives. It should be the place where we find purpose and worth. It is through companionship with God that we discover ourselves to be

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#265. Rev. David Hockett - February 18, 2024

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2024/02/20

DUMC is hosting a Church-Wide Study through March 10 on the book "Unafraid: Living with Courage and Hope in Uncertain Times" by Adam Hamilton. This Sunday’s sermon relates to Part Two in the book: Crime, Race, Terrorism, and Politics.

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#264. Rev. David Hockett - February 11, 2024

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2024/02/12

On Sunday, we begin our congregation-wide book study and a 5-part sermon series using Adam Hamilton’s Unafraid: Living with Courage and Hope in Uncertain Times. Fear is pervasive. It undermines relationships, makes us suspicious of others, is the root of much conflict and war, and is counter to the Gospel’s command to love. On Sunday, we’ll reflect on Isaiah’s encouragement to Israel to counter fear by trusting God. Isaiah writes, “Do not fear, for I am with you…”. (Isaiah 41:8-10) More than 140

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#263. Rev. David Hockett - February 4, 2024

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2024/02/12

In this week’s reading from Mark (1:29-39), Mark tells us that Jesus is in the region around the Galilee traveling from synagogue to synagogue teaching and healing, proclaiming the good news of the Kingdom of God. When the crowd began to die down, while it was still night, Jesus got up and went out to a secluded place to pray. Simon and the others went looking for him, and when they found him, they said, “Everybody’s looking for you.” It’s a beautiful scene. Everybody was looking for Jesus – to have

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#262. Rev. David Hockett - January 28, 2024

From The Pulpit of DUMC ·

2024/01/30

This week, we gather to celebrate the dedication of DUMC’s new facilities. These beautiful spaces represent a significant investment in DUMC’s future and are an expression of our commitment to make disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of our community and the world. We are grateful for all who helped make this day possible and look forward to seeing you on Sunday for one combined service at 10:00 a.m.

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#261. Rev. Jim Humphries - January 21, 2024

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2024/01/22

This Sunday, we will hear a familiar scripture passage, when Jesus calls his first disciples and says: "Follow me, and I will make you fishers of people." Jesus says this to four men (Simon, Andrew, James and John) who all happen to be fishermen for a living. I wonder what metaphor Jesus might have used had his first disciples been shepherds, rather than fishermen - perhaps "follow me, and I will make you feed my sheep." Our scripture story moves us to think what it means to be a follower of Jesus,

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#260. Rev. David Hockett - January 14, 2024

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2024/01/15

he season of Epiphany invites us, like Nathanael and the other disciples, to come and see (John 1:43-51). And upon seeing, to then be in the world in a different way, to embody Christ’s better way of being human, to live and love like Christ. So that, part of what it means to live the way of Christ, is learning to see people. And not just the people who are obvious, or who the world makes it easy to see, or those whom the world says are worthy of being seen, but learning to see all the people,

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#259. Rev. David Hockett - January 7, 2024

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2024/01/11

This week we will observe Baptism of the Lord Sunday. We’ll hear again the story of Jesus’ baptism (Mark 4:1-11), and stepping into the water once again, we’ll remember our baptism, or look forward to the day when we will be baptized into life with Christ. Baptism reminds us of who we are, a people who are loved by God and who are made for relationship with God. So, we begin this new year in hope that it might be more than the year that is past because of Jesus who has joined us in the water.

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#258. Rev. David Hockett - January 29, 2023

From The Pulpit of DUMC ·

2023/01/31

The second chapter of Luke’s gospel reports the angel’s joyful announcement to the shepherds, “Do not be afraid…to you is born this day…a Savior.” Working our way through Diana Butler Bass’s Freeing Jesus, we’ve considered what it means to experience and know Jesus as Friend and Teacher – as one who both invites us into loving union with God and who teaches us how to become all that God created us to be. This week we come to perhaps the most common, familiar, and often misunderstood name for Jesus

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#257. Rev. David Hockett - January 22, 2023

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2023/01/23

Wesley envisioned and organized Methodism to be a school for holiness, that is, a community of prayer, study, worship, service, and accountability through which we learn how to love God and love neighbor. Discipleship then, is a way of life, it is about how we learn from Jesus to be human the way God intends for us to be human. In this week’s reading from John (13:12-17), Jesus teaches us that if we are to be counted among his friends then we must follow his example of downward mobility. “You are

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#256. Rev. David Hockett - January 15, 2023

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2023/01/17

There is a sense in which we cannot ever really know Jesus apart from a willingness and commitment, however imperfect, to follow him. This is because Jesus is not an idea to be debated. Jesus is a person, alive and among us, who wants to be known, who loves us and wants to be in relationship. And like all relationships, our friendship with Jesus takes time, and effort, and attention. This week we begin our church-wide book study and sermon series on Diana Butler Bass’ Freeing Jesus. Bass

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#255. Rev. David Hockett - January 8, 2023

From The Pulpit of DUMC ·

2023/01/09

This week we find ourselves by the river Jordan where John the Baptizer appeared in the wilderness, proclaiming an opportunity to experience forgiveness, reconciliation, and renewal. People came to John from Judea and Jerusalem and, as they confessed their sins, they were baptized and immersed into a new life. We also meet Jesus there, with John by the river, as he also comes to be baptized by John in the Jordan. Matthew tells us that the moment Jesus emerged from the water he heard the voice of

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#254. Rev. Brad Hinton - January 1, 2023

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2023/01/05

This Sunday is Epiphany Sunday. We will read the story of King Herod and the wise men from the East. We will explore more of the Christmas story and hear about what the wise men did and where they traveled. The scripture this week says that "they left for their own country by another road" (Matthew 2:12). As we begin a new year we will reflect on the roads that we may be traveling this year, so as you prepare for worship, we invite you to reflect on the roads you have taken last year and the roads

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#253. Rev. David Hockett - December 11, 2022

From The Pulpit of DUMC ·

2023/01/05

In Sunday’s reading from Matthew 1:18-25 we meet Joseph, Mary’s husband, and watch as Joseph is confronted by the news that Mary will have a son. It’s hard to imagine how frightened, disappointed, and even angry Joseph must have been. And yet, anxious and upset as he was, Joseph says “yes” to Mary, to Jesus, and to God. Joseph is able to say yes because of love. In some way, it seems that Joseph grasped, or perhaps he had been grasped by, this strange new thing God was doing. The good news of

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#252. Rev. David Hockett - December 4, 2022

From The Pulpit of DUMC ·

2023/01/05

The Christmas gospel, the message that God has come among us, has invaded our world to reclaim it and make it new is to some a threat and to others a welcome promise. It is to all a message about how God has turned the world upside down, has upset both the power structures of this world, and the assumption of how things ought to be. It is the story, the announcement about how God in Christ is dramatically and radically reworking, reclaiming God’s creation. We’ve done a pretty good job of

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#251. Rev. David Hockett - November 27, 2022

From The Pulpit of DUMC ·

2023/01/05

The word advent means “coming” or “to come” and Advent is that season of the Christian year when we prepare our hearts and minds to celebrate Christ’s coming at Christmas and Christ’s coming again in glory. We acknowledge that in some sense we are living in between those two appearances of Christ. We are waiting – celebrating and giving thanks for what God has already done in the birth, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, and anxiously awaiting what God will do when Christ’s Kingdom comes in

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