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Zombie apocalypse and vampire economics 21 Jul 2012 | 08:16 pm
Vampire Economics and the Zombie Apocalypse Amos 7:7-15, Mk 6:14-29, Ps 85 by Isaac S. Villegas July 15, 2012 “Steadfast love and faithfulness will meet; justice and peace will kiss” (Ps 85:10). ...
Salvation: a sermon on Mark 5:21-43 4 Jul 2012 | 09:37 am
Salvation Mk 5:21-43, 2 Cor 8:7-15 by Isaac Villegas July 1, 2012 What is salvation all about? I got to thinking about salvation this week as I was reading the assigned bible passages, especially...
Faith and Love: a sermon for Ascension Sunday 22 May 2012 | 02:57 am
Faith and love Acts 1:1-11, Eph 1:15-23, Lk 24:44-53 by Isaac S. Villegas May 20, 2012 “I have heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus,” the apostle Paul writes in Ephesians, “and your love toward ...
Immigration and the law 16 May 2012 | 10:10 am
I spoke on behalf of the NC Council of Churches at a state legislature meeting in Raleigh. An edited version of what I said is available via Sojourners magazine. An excerpt: No matter what the gover...
Wilderness roads 10 May 2012 | 02:00 am
Wilderness roads Acts 8:26-40, 1 Jn 4:7-21, Jn 15:1-8 by Isaac S. Villegas May 6, 2012 “I am the vine, you are the branches,” Jesus says to the disciples, “Those who abide in me and I in them bea...
a sermon on resentment 24 Apr 2012 | 11:26 pm
Without resentment Acts 3:12-19, Luke 24:36b-48 by Isaac S. Villegas April 22, 2012 When I was a teenager, I’d say that my grudges, my resentments, were based solely on soccer rivalries. I would ...
An Easter sermon 10 Apr 2012 | 11:51 pm
“In search of a body” Isaiah 25:6-9, John 20:1-18 by Isaac S. Villegas Easter 2012 Let’s be honest with ourselves. We are a good at making meals. There’s nothing like a Chapel Hill Mennonite potl...
race, footwashing, and church: a reflection on Holy Thursday 5 Apr 2012 | 04:49 am
I wrote a reflection on an Holy Thursday footwashing service. Here’s a paragraph: I didn’t want him to wash my feet. It just didn’t seem right to me for an older black man to be bowed so low, at my f...
Crucified hope: a Palm Sunday sermon 4 Apr 2012 | 01:11 am
Crucified hope Mark 11:1-11 by Isaac S. Villegas April 1, 2012 After 40 days of Lent, days of contemplation, of wandering into our interior life, we find ourselves here, on Palm Sunday, standing a...
Ever before me 28 Mar 2012 | 12:37 am
“Ever before me” Jer 31:31-34, Ps 51:1-12 by Isaac S. Villegas March 25, 2012 “To the leader: a psalm of David, when the prophet Nathan came to him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba.” That’s t...
