"An Easter You Can Feel" by Rev. Jillian Hankamer
Right before we left St. Louis, I officiated the wedding of our friend Jaime. It was my first wedding and an all-around joy, and as the...
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Apr 5, 20235 min read
"Six Days" by Rev. Jillian Hankamer
Palm Sunday Matthew 21:1-17 Six days. From celebratory, cheering crowds to humiliation and abandonment. Six days. From that crowd...
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Apr 5, 20236 min read
"Are You a Sheep or a Goat", by Rev. Jillian Hankamer
Are You a Sheep or a Goat? A Sermon for Northminster Church Preached by Rev. Jillian Hankamer March 26, 2023 Matthew 25: 31-46 Of all the...
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Mar 23, 20236 min read
"Don't Forget Your Oil!" by Rev. Jillian Hankamer
March 19, 2023 Matthew 25:1-13 People have been predicting the end of the world for millennia. Arguably the first person to do so was...
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Mar 8, 20236 min read
"Laborers in the Vineyard" by Rev. Jillian Hankamer
March 5, 2023 Matthew 20: 1-16 A parable is a simple story told to illustrate a more complex lesson or idea. They’re stories that make...
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Feb 28, 20238 min read
"Boundaries, Forgiveness, And Tension" by Rev. Jillian Hankamer
February 26, 2023 Matthew 18: 21-35 Perhaps the most famous photo to come out of the Vietnam War is of a young, naked girl running down a...
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Feb 21, 20236 min read
"The Gold Standard" by Rev. Jillian Hankamer
February 12, 2023 Matthew 7:1-14 & 24-29 I.Intro - Golden Rule Experiment -2019 -Economists from the universities of York, St Andrews,...
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Feb 21, 20235 min read
"A Time to Be Quiet" by Rev. Jillian Hankamer
February 19, 2023 Matthew 17:1-13 There are times when the best thing you can be is quiet. In fact, science proves that silence relieves...
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Feb 7, 20238 min read
"Owning What We Own" by Rev. Jillian Hankamer
February 5, 2023 Matthew 6:7-15 & 19-21 You probably know that "Hoarders" is one of the most intriguing and popular programs on cable TV...
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Feb 2, 20235 min read
"Fake It "Till You Make It" by Rev. Jillian Hankamer
The thing that struck me most in the immediate aftermath of losing our child was the sadness. Even as I say it, that sounds like such a...
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Jan 31, 20233 min read
"If Love Would Only Let Me Go" by Rev. Dr. D.H. Clark
In thinking about the words I wanted to say today in this brief moment of sharing, the phrase that stayed in my mind is: If Love Would...
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Jan 25, 20237 min read
"Blessed are the Salty" by Rev. Jillian Hankamer
Matthew 5:1-20 The longest semester of my seminary career included THE 507: The Sermon on the Mount. That’s right, an entire 3-hour...
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Jan 25, 20234 min read
"Claimed by God" by Rev. Jillian Hankamer
Matthew 3:1-17 I.Background of Matthew -we’ll be exploring the story of Jesus’ baptism by John -we’re going to be in Matthew until...
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Jan 16, 20238 min read
"The World is a Wilderness" by Rev. Mark Windham
I’m going to use the pulpit as a confessional to you this morning. I struggled with this sermon. A lot. I was determined to stick with...
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Dec 15, 20228 min read
"Gentle Justice + Servanthood, Action + Being Held by God" by Rev. Jillian Hankamer
Gentle Justice + Servanthood, Action + Being Held by God A Sermon for Northminster Church Preached by Rev. Jillian Hankamer December 11,...
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Dec 8, 20228 min read
"Esther" by Rev. Jillian Hankamer
I.Intro - I hate the word bossy -Mostly removed from my vocabulary -Because I got called this so often as a kid -Don’t mind admitting to...
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Dec 8, 20226 min read
"The Hanging of the Green" Rev. Jillian Hankamer
The Meaning of the Service More than 2000 years ago, the story goes, a clutch of sleepy shepherds were watching over their sheep on a...
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Nov 16, 20227 min read
"Isaiah's Vineyard Song" by Rev. Jillian Hankamer
Isaiah’s Vineyard Song A Sermon for Northminster Church Preached by Rev. Jillian Hankamer November 13, 2022 Isaiah 5:1-7 & 11:1-10 When...
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Nov 9, 20228 min read
"Expectation vs. Reality" by Rev. Jillian Hankamer
2 Kings 5:1-15 Earlier this week I posed this prompt to my friends on Facebook: give me an example of a time your expectation far...
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Nov 9, 20226 min read
"Bearing Witness" by Rev. Jillian Hankamer
1 Kings 18: 17-29 Friends, I’m going to be honest with you that I struggled with this week’s text. I tried for days to think of a title...
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