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Recent Sermons from Center Church on-the-Green

247.  May 31, 2010.  “War Letters”  Read by the Congregation

246.  May 23, 2010.  “The One Big Thing”  Rev. Sandra Olsen

245.  May 16, 2010.  “Praying as the Church”   Rev. Sandra Olsen

244.  May 9, 2010.       Visions and Visions    Kazimierz Bem

243.  May 2, 2010.  Old Colony Sunday “The Church of Common Grace.”  Rev. Sandra Olsen

242.  April 25, 2010.  “What Are We Looking At?”   Kazimierz Bem

241.  April 18, 2010.  “Dietrich Bonhoeffer.”  Rev. Sandra Olsen
240.  April 11, 2010.  “The Religion of Second Chances”  Rev. Sandra Olsen
239.  April 4, 2010.              “Mary Magdalene Speaks:  When He Said My Name”                Rev. Sandra Olsen

238.  March 28, 2010.  “What a Triumph, What a Shame…"            Kazimierz Bem

237.  March 21, 2010.  “Sad Words & Wasteful Actions”                       Rev. Sandra Olsen

 

236.  March 14, 2010.  “Two Kinds of Knowledge.”  Rev. Sandra Olsen

 

235.  March 7, 2010.  “The Judgment of God.”  Rev. Sandra Olsen

 

234.  February 28, 2010.  “When You Can’t (Or Won’t) Change It”  Rev. Sandra Olsen.

 

233.  February 21, 2010.  “Wonder and Wanderings”                                    Kazimierz Bem

 

232.  February 14, 2010.  “Not Knowing What He Said.”  Rev. Sandra Olsen

 

231.  February 7, 2010.  “Put Out Into the Deep Water.”  Rev. Sandra Olsen

 

230.  January 31, 2010.  “When God Judges”                                                   Kazimierz Ben

 

229.  January  24, 2010.  “How Goes the Church?’  Rev. Sandra Olsen

 

228.  January 17, 2010.  “Neither Seeing Nor Knowing.”  Rev. Sandra Olsen

 

227.  January 10, 2010.  “Things Are Not Always as They Appear.”  Rev. Sandra Olsen

226.  January 3, 2010.  “Does It Make Any Difference?”  Rev. Sandra Olsen

225.  December 27, 2009.  A Different  Perspective  Rev. Sandra Olsen

224.  December 24, 2009.  “O Come All Ye Faithful”  Rev. Sandra Olsen

223.  December 20, 2009.  The Best Christmas Present Ever          Rev. Sandra Olsen

222.  December 13, 2009.  A Service of Lessons and Carols – no sermon.

221.  December 6, 2009.  A Visit From Mary”  Rev. Sandra Olsen

220.  November 29, 2009.  Waiting and Waiting  Kazimierz Bem

219.  November 22, 2009.  Truth & KingsKazimierz Bem

218.  November 15, 2009.  “Endings”  Rev. Sandra Olsen

217.  November 8, 2009.  “Giving to the Wrong Thing for the Right Reason?”  Rev. Sandra Olsen

216.  November 1, 2009.  "Looking for Happiness”  Rev. Sandra Olsen

215.  October 25, 2009.  "The Question That is Not Answered”       Rev. Sandra Olsen

214.  October 18, 2009. “The Unexpected"  Rev. Sandra Olsen

213.  October 11, 2009.  “The God of Surprise.”  Kazimierz Bem

212.  October 4, 2009.  “Real Life, Real Marriage” Rev. Sandra Olsen

211.  September 27, 2009.  “So What About Judgment?”  Rev. Sandra Olsen

210.  September 20, 2009.  "The Problem with Good Advice"              Kazimierz Bem

209.  September 13, 2009.  “The Way of Wisdom”  Rev. Sandra Olsen

208.  September 6, 2009.  “I Saw the Whole Thing.’  Rev. Sandra Olsen

207.  August 30, 2009.  Hymn Sing – no sermon.

206.  August 23, 2009.  “The Whole Armor of God”                        Rev. Sandra Olsen

205.  August 16, 2009.  “Making the Most of the Time”                 Rev. Sandra Olsen

204.  August 9, 2009.  “The Unhardened Heart”                             Rev. Sandra Olsen

203.  August 2, 2009.  Fast Food, Good Food, God Food”                   Kazimierz Ben

202.   July 26, 2009.  The Human Condition:  Inconsistent Character”  Rev. Sandra Olsen

201.  July 19, 2009.  “Ordinary People.”  Rev. Sandra Olsen

200.  July 12, 2009.  “Perils of Power”  Rev. Sandra Olsen

199.  July 5, 2009.  “On Going Home Again”  Rev. Sandra Olsen

198.  June 28, 2009.  “An Intimate God”  Kazimierz Bem

197.  June 21, 2009.  What Are We Fishing For?” Kazimierz Bem

196.  June 14, 2009.  God of the Surprises”  Kazimierz Bem

195.  June 7, 2009.  “The Lord’s Prayer:  Reflections by the Young” Rev. Sandra Olsen

194.  May 31, 2009.  When the Spirit Blows”  Rev. Sandra Olsen

193.  May 24, 2009.  “Letters on War.”  Rev. Sandra Olsen

192.  May 17, 2009.  “Everyone Serves Something”  Rev. Sandra Olsen

191.  May 10, 2009.  “Only a Mother” Rev. Sandra Olsen

190.  May 3, 2009.  Centers Uniting to Find the Light in Our Present Wilderness”  Michael Morand

 

189.  April 26, 2009.  “Does God Really Want Us to Grow Up?”                   Kazimierz Bem

188.  April 19, 2009.  Sermon/Monologue “Found by Jesus Back in Galilee" Rev. Sandra L. Olsen

 

187.  April 12, 2009.  “Easter:  Is It Free Or Does It Have a Price?”               Kazimierz Bem

 

186.  April 10, 2009.  “Forgive Them.”  Good Friday – Rev. Sandra Olsen

 

185.  April 9, 2009.  “This Word Called Love.”  Maundy Thursday - Rev. Sandra Olsen

 

184.  April 5, 2009.  “A Different Kind of Parade”  Rev Sandra Olsen

 

183.  March 29, 2009.  “The Promise”  Rev. Sandra Olsen

 

182.  March 22, 2009.  “In the Night” Rev. Sandra Olsen

181.  March 15, 2009.  "Anger:  Righteous or Sinful?"  Rev. Sandra Olsen

 

180.  March 8, 2009.  “Take Up Your Cross and Follow Me.”  Rev. Sandra Olsen.

 

179.  March 1, 2009. “That Awful, Ghastly Word:  Repent.”  Kazimierz Bem

 

178.  February 22, 2009.  “Panta rei- Everything Changes” Kazimierz Bem

 

177.  February 15, 2009.  “If You Choose.”  Rev. Sandra Olsen

 

176.  February 8, 2009.  “Everyone Is Searching.”  Rev. Sandra Olsen

175.  February 1, 2009.  “The Irony of It All.”  Rev. Sandra Olsen

 

174.  January 25, 2009.  “When the Wine Ran Out.”  Rev. Sandra Olsen

 

173.  January 18, 2009.  What Happens When God Really Calls Us?”  Kazimierz Bem

 

172.  January 11, 2009.  “Managing Memories.”  Rev. Sandra Olsen

 

171.  January 4, 2009.  “The Vulnerable Word.”  Rev. Sandra Olsen

 

170.  December 28, 2008.  “Anna Speaks.”  Rev. Sandra Olsen

 

169.  December 24, 2008.  An Unexpected Witness.”  Rev. Sandra Olsen

 

168. December 21, 2008.  “I Heard the Bells.”  Rev. Sandra Olsen

 

170.  December 14, 2008. A Service of Lessons and Carols – No Sermon

 

169.  December 7, 2008.  “A Taste of the Kingdom to Come.”  Kazimierz Bem

 

168.  November 30, 2008.  The Season of Wonder.”  Rev. Edward Kjelshus

 

167.  November 23, 2008.  “A King Cher Could Sing About.”  Kazimierz Bem

166.  November 16, 2008.  “Burying Talents”  Rev. Sandra Olsen

165.  November 9, 2008.  “Money and Faith”  Rev. Sandra Olsen

164.  October 26, 2008.  “So What’s Love Got To Do With it?”  Rev. Sandra Olsen

163.  October 19, 2008.  “What About the Other Caesar?”  Kazimierz Bem

162. October 12, 2008.  “The Deadly Sin of Greed.”  Rev. Sandra Olsen

161.  October 5, 2008.  “And What Will Happen to Them?”  Rev. Sandra Olsen

160.  September 28, 2008.  “By What Authority?”  Rev. Sandra Olsen

159.  September 21, 2008.  “Hoping for the Right Thing.”  Kazimierz Bem

158.  September 14, 2008.  “Forgiveness – How Many Times?”  Rev. Sandra Olsen

157.  September 7, 2008.  “Can These Dry Bones Live?”  Rev. Sandra Olsen

156.  August 31, 2008.  “Survival – For What?”  Rev. Sandra Olsen

155.  August 24, 2008.  “Who Do You Say I Am?”  Rev. Sandra Olsen

154.  August 17, 2008.  “The Outsider.”  Rev. Sandra Olsen

153.  August 10, 2008. “Sent to the Other Side”  Rev. Sandra Olsen

152.  August 3, 2008.  “Does God Really Care?”  Rev. Sandra Olsen.  

151.  July 20, 2008.  “When Everything is Mixed Together.”  Rev. Sandra Olsen

150.  July 13, 2008.  “The Wasteful Sower” Rev. Sandra Olsen

148.  June 29, 2008  “God Will Provide”  Rev. Sandra Olsen

147.  June 22, 2008.  “What Is Love (As seen Through the Eyes of Children?”)  Rev. Sandra Olsen

146.  June 15, 2008.  “Oh Yes, I Did Laugh!”                                        Rev. Sandra Olsen

145.  June 8, 2008.  “The Question of Torture.” Rev. Sandra Olsen

144.  June 1, 2008.  “Letters from People Serving In Wars.”  Rev. Sandra Olsen

143.  May 11, 2008.  “A Pushy Mother Speaks Out.”  Rev. Sandra Olsen

142.  May 4, 2008.  “From Puritan to Yankee and Now What?” Rev. Sandra Olsen

141.  April 27, 2008.  “Included in Love” Rev. Sandra Olsen

140.  April 20, 2008.  “Finding Home, Finding God” The Rev. Mark Cutulo

139.  April 13, 2008.  “Full and Abundant Life”  Rev. Sandra Olsen

138.  April 6, 2008.  “On the Road” Rev. Sandra Olsen

137.  March 30, 2008. “Wherever We Hide, God Finds Us”               The Rev. Mark Cutulo

136.  March 23, 2008.  “The Most Unlikely of Places”                               Rev. Sandra Olsen

135.  March 16, 2008.   “What is That to Us?”                                            Rev. Sandra Olsen

134.  March 9, 2008.  “Beauty:  A Pathway to God?”  Rev. Sandra Olsen

133.  March 2, 2008. “The One Big Question”   Rev. Sandra Olsen

132.  February 24, 2008.  “The Pull of God’s Future”        The Rev. Dr. Michael Penn-Strah

131.  February 17, 2008.  “In the Middle of the Night”                             Rev. Sandra Olsen

130.  February 10, 2008.  “In the Middle of the Night.”  Rev. Sandra L. Olsen

 

129.  February 3, 2008.  “Transfiguration.” Rev. Mark A. Cutolo, Student Intern

 

128.  January 27, 2008.  “On the Margins.” Rev. Sandra L. Olsen

 

127.  January 20, 2008.  “A Soundtrack for Dying.”  Rev. Sandra Olsen

 

126.  January 13, 2008.  “Its Not Magic, But It Is Grace.”  Rev. Sandra Olsen

 

125.  January 6, 2008.  “The Story of the Other Wise Man” Rev. Sandra Olsen

 

124.  December 30, 2007.  Back to Normal?  Rev. Sandra Olsen

123.  December 24, 2007  “O Silent Night”  Rev. Sandra Olsen

122.  December 23, 2007 - “O How I Pondered and O How Joseph Dreamed!”  Rev. Sandra Olsen

 

121.  December 2, 2007.  “Even the Son Does Not Know” Rev. Sandra Olsen

 

120.  November 25, 2007.  “What Kind of King?”  Rev. Sandra Olsen

 

119.  November 18, 2007.  “Remember Who You Are.”  Rev. Sandra Olsen

 

118.  November 11, 2007.  “Supremely Threatened and Yet Sustained.”  Kenneth West

117.  November 4, 2007.  “On Seeing Who Jesus Really Is.”  Rev. Sandra Olsen

116.  October 28, 2007.  “The Righteousness of God.”  Rev. Sandra Olsen

115.  October 21, 2007.  “I Will Not Let You Go Until You Bless Me.”  Rev. Sandra Olsen

114.  October 14, 2007.  The Delectable Banquet”   Rev. Ernest Bodenweber

113.  October 7, 2007.  “A Distinctive Kind of Suffering”  Rev. Sandra Olsen

112.  September 30, 2007.  When What We Have Is Enough?”  Rev. Sandra Olsen

111.  September 23, 2007.  “Does Shrewdness Really Help?”  Rev. Sandra Olsen

110.  September 16, 2007.  “Are We Human Beings Really Like That?” Rev. Sandra Olsen

109.  September 9, 2007.  “Tough Words.”  Rev. Sandra Olsen

108.  September 2, 2007.  When A Place At the Table Is Empty.”          Rev. Sandra Olsen

107.  August 19, 2007.  “Holy Places.”  Rev. Sandra Olsen

106.  August 12, 2007.  “Do Not Be Afraid” Rev. Sandra Olsen

105.  August 5, 2007.  “Did You Learn Anything?”  Rev. Sandra Olsen

104.  July 29, 2007.  “Persistent and Shameless Prayer.”  Rev. Sandra Olsen.

103.  July 22, 2007.  “On Looking Back”  Rev. Sandra Olsen.

 

102.  July 15, 2007.  “When the Enemy Saves.”  Rev. Sandra Olsen.

 

101.  July 8, 2007.  “What Kind of God?”  Rev. Sandra Olsen

 

100.  July 1, 2007.  “On the Run.”  Rev. Sandra Olsen

 

99.  June 24, 2007  “Children and the Spiritual Life”  Rev. Sandra Olsen

 

98.  June 17, 2007.  “Fathers and Daughters.”  Rev. Sandra Olsen

 

 97.  June 10, 2007.  “Is God Really  Still Speaking?”  Kenneth West

 

96.  June 3, 2007.  “To Be Content.”  Rev. Edward Kjelshus

 

95.  May 27, 2007.  “War Letters.”  Members of the Congregation

 

94.  May 20, 2007.  “Faith:  An Argument with God”  Rev. Sandra Olsen

 

93.  May 13, 2007.  “The Time Apart.”  Rev. Edward Kjelshus

 

92.  May 6, 2007.  “Untie the Winds.”  Rev. Sandra Olsen

 

91.  April 29, 2007.  “The Tragic Sense of Life.”  Rev. Sandra Olsen

 

90. April 22, 2007.  “Forgiveness:  Going Where You Don’t Want to Go.”  Rev. Sandra Olsen

89.  April 13, 2007. “The Hidden Kingdom.”  Rev. Edward Kjelshus

88.  April 8, 2007.  “The Comedy of Easter.” Rev. Sandra Olsen

87.  April 6, 2007.  Good Friday – “Father Forgive Them…”  Rev. Sandra Olsen

86.  April 5, 2007.  “And It Was Night.”  Rev. Sandra Olsen

85.  April 1, 2007.  “On the Road to Jerusalem.”  Rev. Sandra Olsen

84.  March 25, 2007.  “Forgetting & Remembering the Former Things.”  Rev. Sandra Olsen

83.  March 18, 2007.  “Two Kinds of Knowledge.”  Rev. Sandra Olsen

82.  March 11, 2007.  “Judgment.”  Rev. Sandra Olsen

81.  March 4, 2007.  “Laments, Cries & Complaints.”  Rev. Sandra Olsen

80.  February 25, 2007.  “Facing Temptation.”  Rev. Sandra Olsen

79.  February 18, 2007.  “On Having A Destiny.”  Rev. Sandra Olsen

78.  February 11, 2007.  “A Decent Killer.”  Rev. Sandra Olsen

77. February 4, 2007 “Working All Night.”  Rev. Sandra Olsen

76. January 28, 2007 “You Are the Church.”   Rev. Sandra Olsen

75. January 21, 2007 “Too Close to See.”   Rev. Sandra Olsen

74.  January 7, 2007.  “By Another Road.”  Rev. Sandra Olsen                                   

73.  December 31, 2006.  “He Wasn’t the Easiest Son.”  Rev. Sandra Olsen

72.  December 24, 2006. (Evening)  “O Holy Night.”  Rev. Sandra Olsen

71.  December 24, 2006.  “Unto Us, A Child is Born.”  Rev. Sandra Olsen

70.  December 17, 2006.  “The Unexpected Presence.”  Rev. Sandra Olsen

69.  December 3, 2006.  “The Sign of the Times.”  Rev. Sandra Olsen

68.  November 26, 2006.  “The Truth About Giving.”  Rev. Sandra Olsen

67.  November 19, 2006.  “The Provocative God.”  Rev. Sandra Olsen

66.  November 12, 2006.  “The Ironic Gift.”  Rev. Sandra Olsen

65.  November 5, 2006.  “A Visit From Ruth” Rev. Sandra Olsen

64.  October 29, 2006.  “Politics and Forgiveness.”  Rev. Sandra Olsen

63.  October 22, 2006.  “On Being and Having Siblings:  Reflections.”  Rev. Sandra Olsen.

62.  October 15, 2006.  “Should We Be Here?”  Rev. Ernest Bodenweber

61.  October 8, 2006.  “The First Heart That Breaks Is God’s.”  Rev. Sandra L. Olsen

60.  October 1, 2006.  “A Visit From Esther.”  Rev. Sandra L. Olsen.

59.  September 24, 2006.  “A Different Standard of Excellence.”  Rev. Sandra Olsen

58. September 17, 2006.  “Admirers or Followers?”  Rev. Sandra Olsen

57.  September 10, 2006. “A Four Letter Word Called Eros.”  Rev. Sandra Olsen

56. September 3, 2006.  “A God of Passion.”  Rev. Sandra Olsen

55.  August 27, 2006. “Do You Also Wish To Go Away?”  Rev. Sandra Olsen

54. August 20, 2006. “What’s All the Fuss About Flesh?”  Rev. Sandra Olsen

53.  August 13, 2006.  “Broken Families.”  Rev. Sandra Olsen

52.  July 30, 2006.  “You Are the One.”  Rev. Sandra Olsen

51.  July 23, 2006.  “Come Away & Rest.  Rev. Sandra Olsen

50.  July 9, 2006.  “Shaking the Dust Off Your Feet”  Rev. Sandra Olsen

49.  July 2, 2006.  “I Touched Him and He Healed Me.”  Rev. Sandra Olsen

 

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