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Advent 2: God Sends Messengers

By Elizabeth Hagan on December 7, 2015

Excerpts of a sermon preached at Springfield Christian Church from Malachi 3:1-14 and Luke 3:1-6 I can imagine that many […]

Healers Needed

By Elizabeth Hagan on December 3, 2015

Only days into this Advent season and I already felt more aware of the pain in our world than ever […]

Advent 1: God Keeps Promises

By Elizabeth Hagan on November 30, 2015

A sermon preached at Springfield Christian Church on Jeremiah 33:14-16 How many times in life has someone made a promise […]

Waiting Longer than 40 Weeks

By Elizabeth Hagan on November 29, 2015

Mary is 36 weeks pregnant, and baby Jesus is due any day. How do we learn to wait for a […]

Re-Defining Thanksgiving

By Elizabeth Hagan on November 27, 2015

Like I wrote about earlier in the week, Thanksgiving has always been one of my favorite holidays. I love the […]

Re-Thinking Thanksgiving

By Elizabeth Hagan on November 22, 2015

It’s Thanksgiving week in the United States, that time of year when we all start thinking a little more precisely […]

The Danger of Certainty

By Elizabeth Hagan on November 15, 2015

Excerpt from sermon preached at Oaklands Presbyterian Church, Laurel, MD on Mark 13:1-8 Mark 13 is an interesting text. It […]

Ending the War of Us vs. Them

By Elizabeth Hagan on November 8, 2015

Recently while in the religion section of Barnes and Noble, I found two books in that struck me indicative of […]

9 Years as Rev. Elizabeth

By Elizabeth Hagan on November 4, 2015

On November 4, 2006, I accepted my ordination vows. Nine years ago today I became Rev. Elizabeth. In front of […]

All of Life Is a Gift

By Elizabeth Hagan on November 2, 2015

So many of us have desires for our lives that begin: “I deserve” or “I must have.” We want what […]

It Gets Better

By Elizabeth Hagan on October 27, 2015

A couple of weeks ago, I was chatting with a friend about some mutual acquaintances of ours who recently married. […]

Making Tough Calls

By Elizabeth Hagan on October 23, 2015

Discernment: it’s the one spiritual practice most of us engage in on a daily basis. Big and little decisions alike: […]

Living with the Discomfort

By Elizabeth Hagan on October 10, 2015

Gandhi once said, "Be the change you wish to see in the world!" And, truly, God bless the fixers in […]

Pictures on the Plaza

By Elizabeth Hagan on October 8, 2015

For those of you who are newer readers to the blog you may not know where the name "Preacher on […]

3 Things #PopeinAmerica Taught Me About Jesus

By Elizabeth Hagan on September 26, 2015

If you live in DC, NYC or Philadelphia, everything about your life patterns this week has been altered by these […]

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