Feel free to peruse this collection of sermons given by Rev. Rebecca Luter and visiting pastors and preachers at Farmington Presbyterian. Have a favorite message or want to hear one again? Missed a Sunday? Or maybe you simply want to know more about us. Listen, download, read, and share freely.
January 08 2017
God’s way is to bring the music that we have been expecting all along one fragile instrument at a time.
Listen ReadJanuary 01 2017
We cannot delete the story of Herod from the story of Jesus’ birth because the hightail bolt to Egypt, a place no Israelite ever wanted to go again, tells us that Emmanuel, God-with-us, didn’t come to have a comfortable life, didn’t come to a life that was privileged, didn’t come to a life that was untouched by injustice and violence – Jesus, God-with-us, came to be with us where the pain is, to know the brokenness of this world, to experience the powers of darkness.
Listen ReadDecember 25 2016
Whenever an angel appears to a person, the first words they speak are “Do not fear.” Angels scare people; they deliver messages from God about how your life is about to change.
Listen ReadDecember 24 2016
The gap between ideal and real is the noise that threatens to drown our joy.
Listen ReadDecember 18 2016
Destabilized, frustrated, unsettled…yes, the world is dark. In the darkness, stop and listen. Advent is a season for being silent so that we can hear. As we listen, we hear what God has to say to us. Come, even in the darkness of the world, to kneel at the manger of the Light of the World.
Listen ReadDecember 11 2016
The people were no a lot different than we are today. They wanted more. Something was missing. And when there is a God-sized hole in your life, it is tempting to fill it with stuff and things. We try to create joy through self-indulgence.
Listen ReadDecember 04 2016
It was as hard to believe then as it is now. Hope for peace and unity in the world were as bleak as they are now. And the people had adjusted to the darkness.
Listen ReadNovember 27 2016
The story of God coming to be with God’s people is not over yet.
Listen ReadNovember 20 2016
As Zechariah stood there in the Temple with his newborn son, hope surged up in him. He saw this child through God’s eyes – full of possibility, full of promise. God is not through with us yet.
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