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  • It is the Lord's - A Sermon on Matthew 22:15-22

    It is the Lord's - A Sermon on Matthew 22:15-22
    Oct 19 2026
    “Give therefore to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s and to God the things that are God’s.” As Port Nelson observes World Food Day, the Rev. Dr. Michael Brooks reflects on the question to Jesus about paying taxes in Matthew 22:15-22. What does it mean to give to God the things that are God's in our time? On a day when we remember food as a blessing from God, how are we called to share with those who presently lack this blessing?

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  • Thanksgiving: Me to We - A Sermon on Matthew 22:1-14

    Thanksgiving: Me to We - A Sermon on Matthew 22:1-14
    Oct 13 2026
    Thanksgiving is a time when families and friends gather to share love and togetherness through food and fellowship. Yet, it seems that many of our modern ways of expressing thanksgiving are focused on individual statements of gratitude rather than communal belonging and blessings. This Thanksgiving weekend, the Rev. Dr. Michael Brooks reflects on how the experience of the Christian church, Jesus' parable of the wedding banquet in Matthew 22:1-14, and the reminders to Israel in Deuteronomy 8:7-18 offer a form of thanksgiving that expands our perspective from "me" to "we."

    Theologian Diana Butler Bass says, "Giving thanks is the primary communal emotion of Christianity." It's an emotion that we see in our prayers together and in the church's oldest traditions of meal-sharing: Commuion, or the Eucharist, and a reminder that the "Me to We" mindset is much, much older than the not-for-profits, campus organizations and various self-help books that have grown in recent years. How might we embrace this mindset in the Thanksgiving season?

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    22 min