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• "Kookaburra Karma"
  January 29, 2012
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• "Trapeze Artists of the Bible"
  January 22, 2012 from the reading Psalm 62
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• "Amor from the Cannon"
  January 15, 2012 from the reading Ephesians 6:10-17
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• "Stay Thirsty My Friends"
  January 1, 2012
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• "Come Back Star of Bethlehem, Come Back!"
  December 25, 2011 from multiple scriptures.
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• "How to Birth a Baby in Three Easy Lessons"
  December 18, 2011 from the reading Luke 1:26-38
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• "Ask Siri"
  December 11, 2011 by Leslie Jackson from the reading Isaiah 6:1-4, 8-11
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• "What Are You Giving Baby Jesus for Christmas?"
  December 4, 2011 from the reading Micah 6:8
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• "Thanks a Lot"
  November 27, 2011 by Tom Grill from the reading Thesselonians 5:12-18
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• "Is This Heaven? No It's Lambeau!"
  November 20, 2011
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• "A Veteran's Day Message"
  November 13, 2011 by Carl T. Solberg from the reading Ecclesiates 3:1-8 and Matthew 5:1-2, 9, 21
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• "The Three Little Pigs"
  November 6, 2011 by Leslie Jackson
  *Note: Due to technical issues, only part of the sermon was recorded.
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• "Turning Pro"
  October 30, 2011 from the reading Proverbs 16:3
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• "Blindsided"
  October 23, 2011 from the reading Mark 13.32-37 and Matthew 5:14-16
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• "A Food Truck Gospel"
  October 16, 2011 from the reading Matthew 28:19
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• "From Wounded to Wonderful"
  October 9, 2011 from the reading Jonah 3:11-4:12
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• "Start with the Bread Pudding"
  October 2, 2011 from the reading Luke 10: 25-27 and excerpts from Exodus 20
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• "Motorcycle Meditations"
  September 25, 2011
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• "I''ve Got You Babe"
  September 18, 2011 from the reading Philippians 1:20-30
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• "We Shall See to It Personally"
  September 11, 2011 from the reading Genesis 50:15-21
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• "Lambs and Blood…Ewwww"
  September 4, 2011 from the reading Exodus 12:21-36
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• "Share the Cookies -- Before There Is a Revolt in Coach!"
  August 21, 2011 from the readings Luke 1:4-55 and Matthew 5:1-12
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• "Get Out of the Boat"
  August 7, 2011 from the reading Matthew 14:22-33
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• "Enlightenment Through Pyrex"
  July 31, 2011 from the reading Genesis 32:22-30
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• "Locked Out"
  July 24, 2011 from the reading Luke 2:1-14
  This is the “Christmas in July Service”
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• "Cornering Through Life"
  July 10, 2011 with readings from Reverend Sparks’ favorite "Swerve" scriptures
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• "We'll Leave the Light on for Ya"
  June 26, 2011 from the reading Matthew 10:40-42
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• "Angels in the House"
  June 19, 2011 from the reading Psalm 91:11-12 and Exodus 23:20
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• "Have a Well-Lived Day"
  June 12, 2011 from the reading 1 Corinthians 12:4-13
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• "The Busybody"
  May 30, 2011 from the reading 2 Thesselonias 3:6-13
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• "Take Off the Training Wheels"
  The Sunday of the blessing of the motorcycles.
  May 22, 2011 from the reading Isaiah 40:31
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• "Amen. I, I’m Alive!"
  May 15, 2011 by Leslie Jackson, MABC student minister
  from the reading Acts 2:42-47
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• "Build Your House on a Rock…Or in a Cholla"
  May 8, 2011 from the reading Matthew 7:24-28
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• "So It's Easter…Whadda-ya Gonna Do About It?"
  April 24, 2011 from the reading Luke 24:1-9 and Hebrews 12:1-3
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• "The Stones Will Shout Out" (Palm Sunday)
  April 17, 2011 from the reading Luke 19:29-40
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• "Bones"
  April 10, 2011 by Leslie Jackson, MABC student minister
  from the reading Ezekiel 37:1-14
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• "Dust, Spit and the Grace of God"
  April 3, 2011 by from the reading John 9:1-7
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• "Fall Seven Times, Get Up Eight"
  March 27, 2011 by from the reading Haggai 2:1-9
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• "Looking God In the Eye"
  March 20, 2011 by from the reading Exodus 2:23-25
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• "Making Friends with the Devil"
  March 13, 2011 by from the reading Matthew 4:1-11
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• "Hardening of the Spiritual Arteries"
  March 6, 2011 by from the reading Matthew 17:1-8
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• "Where Is Moses?"
  February 27, 2011 by Leslie Jackson, MABC student minister
  from the reading Exodus 4:13
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• "There Are No Traffic Jams on the Extra Mile"
  February 20, 2011 from the reading Matthew 5:38-48
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• "L’Chaim! (and don't mess it up!)"
  February 13, 2011 from the reading Deuteronomy 30:15-20
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• "This Ain’t It"
  January 30, 2011 from the reading Micah 6:1-8
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• "Can You Hear Me Now?"
  January 23, 2011 from the reading Matthew 4:12-23
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• "It Is Enough"
  January 9, 2011 from the reading Matthew 3:13-17
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• "Oh What a Relief It Is"
  January 2, 2011 from the reading Psalm 147
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• "No Room at the Inn"
  December 26, 2010 from the reading Luke 2:1-16
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• "It’s Nice to Be Sure"
  December 19, 2010 from the reading Matthew 1:18-24
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• "Push"
  December 12, 2010 by Leslie Jackson, MABC student minister
  from the reading Luke 1:46-55
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• "If a Microbe Can Do It…"
  December 5, 2010 from the reading Isaiah 11:1-10
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• "Burning Daylight" (Our 100th Podcast!)
  November 28, 2010 from the reading Romans 13:11-14
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• "Three Redwood Wishes"
  November 14, 2010 from the reading 1 Corinthians 13
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• "Haters"
  November 7, 2010 by Leslie Jackson, MABC student minister
  from the reading Romans 3:21-31
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• "The Masks That We Wear"
  October 31, 2010 from the reading Psalm 139
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• "Let the Race Begin"
  October 24, 2010 from the reading Jeremiah 12:1-5
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• "Jesus Is My BFF"
  October 17, 2010 from the reading Psalm 119:97-104
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• "Make It Work"
  October 10, 2010 from the reading Jeremiah 29:4-7
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• "Ghost Dancing"
  October 3, 2010 from the reading Luke 10:25-37
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• "Hope Lost or Found"
  September 12, 2010 by Leslie Jackson, MABC student minister
  from the readings Psalms 14:1-7 and
  Luke 15:1-10
  
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• "Holy Play-Dough"
  September 5, 2010 from the reading Jeremiah 18:1-11 (New Living Translation)
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• "Our Own Look Homeward Angel"
  August 29, 2010 from the readings Psalm 84, Proverbs 27:8, and
  Matthew 8:20
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• "Eat, Pray, Love… from Home"
  August 22, 2010 from the readings Isaiah 48:6-8, Matthew 6:5-8, and
  Corinthians 13:4-7
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• "Perfecting the Promise"
  August 15, 2010 by Leslie Jackson, MABC student minister
  from the readings Hebrews 11:29-12:2
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• "Look! There’s Jesus!"
  August 8, 2010 from the reading Luke 12: 32-40
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• "The Mulch Pile"
  August 1, 2010 from the reading Colossians 3: 1-11
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• "Heal the Humbug"
  July 25, 2010 from the reading Luke 2:1-11
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• "RSVP"
  July 11, 2010 from the reading Amos 7:7-17
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• "Protect the Pride"
  June 27, 2010 from the reading Galatians 5:1, 13-25
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• "Judge Judy on High"
  June 20, 2010 from the reading Psalm 99
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• "The Broke and The Dead"
  June 13, 2010 by Leslie Jackson, MABC student minister
  from the readings Luke 16:19-31 and John 11:38-44
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• "Chicken Fried Steak and the Trinity"
  May 30, 2010 from the readings John 16:12-15 and Matthew 28:16-20
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• "The Tisdale Triangle"
  May 16, 2010 from the readings Luke 24:44-53 and Psalm 46
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• "This Is What a Preacher Looks Like"
  May 9, 2010 from the reading Acts 16:9-15
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• "The Roof Garden"
  May 2, 2010 from the reading Acts 11: 1-18
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• "Such an Ordeal"
  April 24, 2010 from the reading Revelations 7:9-17
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• "I Got Nothin' "
  April 18, 2010 from the reading John 21:9-14
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• "Skipping Stones"
  April 4, 2010 from the reading John 20:1-18
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• "What Happens When the Trials Start?"
  March 28, 2010 from the reading Luke 19:28-40
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• "Fly Fishing in the Living Room"
  March 21, 2010 from the reading Psalms 88, 57, 121, and 116
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• "Seriously Jesus, are you kidding me?"
  March 14, 2010 from the reading Luke 15:1-10
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• "Skyping with God"
  February 28, 2010 from the reading Exodus 3:1-14 and Kings 19:11-12
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• "Spare Me Jesus"
  February 21, 2010 from the reading Luke 4:1-13
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• "Try again . . . This time with a guide"
  February 7, 2010 from the reading Luke 5:1-11
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• "You Can't Buy Love"
  January 31, 2010 from the reading 1 Corinthians 13:1-13
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• "Click, Click, Click"
  January 17, 2010 from the reading Isaiah 62:1-4
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• "Be Nice!"
  January 10, 2010 from the reading Luke 10:25-28, Hebrews 13:1-2, Luke 3:21-22
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• "No Al Dente in 2010 (or Black-Eyed Peas and Jesus)"
  January 3, 2010 from the reading Matthew 25:42-45
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• "Rethinking Angels"
  December 27, 2009 from the reading Luke 2:8-11
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• "Get Rid of Those Swaddling Clothes!"
  December 20, 2009 from the reading Luke 2:1-7
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• "The Gift Inside the Gift"
  December 13, 2009 from the reading Luke 1:46-55
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• "Why Haven't I Heard From You?"
  December 6, 2009 from the reading Malachi 3:1-4
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• "2012?  Bring It On!"
  November 15, 2009 from the reading Mark 13:1-8
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• "WIRTJ? (Would I Re-Gift to Jesus?)"
  November 8, 2009 from the reading Mark 12:38-44
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• "Happy Day of the Dead"
  November 1, 2009 from the reading Isaiah 25:6-9, John 11:32-44
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• "The TRUE Universal Healthcare"
  October 25, 2009 from the reading Mark 10:46-52
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• "Laughing Your Way to Grace"
  October 18, 2009 from the reading Job 38:1-7, 34-41
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• "Unmoor and Set Sail"
  October 11, 2009 from the reading Mark 10:17-31
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• "The Tisdale Triangle"
  October 4, 2009
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• "Virtue Is Cool"
  September 13, 2009 delivered by Rev. David Lewicki from the reading Matthew 7:13-20
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• "Healing Linda Blair"
  September 6, 2009 from the reading Mark 7:24-37
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• "A Letter to Parker"
  August 30, 2009 from the reading Matthew 18:1-6; James 1:17-18
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• "In the Shadow of the Moon"
  August 16, 2009 from the reading 1 Kings 2:10-21; 3:3-14
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• "Sourdough Jesus"
  August 9, 2009 from the reading John 6:35, 41-51
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• "There's Been a Change of Plans"
  August 2, 2009 from the reading Psalm 46
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• "What Is Enough?"
  July 26, 2009 from the reading John 6:1-21
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• "The Tide Will Turn" (Christmas in July service)
  July 19, 2009 from the reading Luke 2:1-11
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• "The Universe is Singing"
  June 21, 2009 from the reading Psalm 95:1-7
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• "Death is the New 40"
  June 14, 2009 from the reading Mark 4:24-34
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• "And God said, Let's Ride" (delivered at Blessing of the Bikes service)
  May 31, 2009 from the reading Acts 2:1-12 and Isaiah 58:14
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• "Trust Jesus and Elvis"
  May 24, 2009 from the reading Luke 24:44-53
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• "All My Bags Are Packed, and I'm Ready to Go..." (by Rev. Johannes Wittich)
  May 18, 2009 from the reading Psalm 98
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