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Center Church on the Green - New Haven, CT

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Jesus Begins

January 17, 2021 by Rev Matt Meditations
When we are at inaugural moments we hang on every word of the one who is beginning. The hometown pleasure of the listeners to Jesus “inaugural sermon” gives way to rage when he makes
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What Now?

January 10, 2021 by Rev Matt Meditations
In outrageous times we may be at a loss as to how we find common ground. John’s razor-sharp responses to the crowd’s questions point them toward a way that they know—but did not follow
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Name It

January 3, 2021 by Rev Matt Meditations
We have hopes and expectations and dreams and fears for our children. The Boy visiting the House of God was living under two sets of expectations and the dreams of one cannot always allay the fears of the other.
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Essential Workers

December 27, 2020 by Rev Matt Meditations
Rebroadcast of Rev Matt’s meditation on “Essential Workers” from our Christmas Eve 2020 Candlelight service. With Laura Intravia and the Center Church Choral Ensemble.
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God, With You

December 20, 2020 by Rev Matt Meditations
When our plans are derailed by circumstances beyond our control it’s natural to feel isolated and alone. Mary’s (and Elizabeth’s) story is one of derailment and a new path walked with God’s Holy Spirit.
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Joy, Forever

December 13, 2020 by Rev Matt Meditations
A “new normal” that normalizes separation and oppression and poverty for ordinary people is no normal at all. Isaiah the 3rd outlines a norm that rebuilds from the rubble and lifts up the crushed
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Extravagant Mercy

December 6, 2020 by Rev Matt Meditations
The question about when we can get back to real worship in our real church sanctuaries has led to real disorientation and harm. Joel’s word is that God offers us covenant love and extravagant
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It Got Real

November 29, 2020 by Rev Matt Meditations
We may treat rules and regulations and laws as necessary but irrelevant details until we find them applying to us. It was Darius who found himself bound by a seemingly-harmless decree that put Daniel
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New Day

November 22, 2020 by Rev Matt Meditations
Whether we brush facts aside or embrace them truth is truth and things will change. The indifference of Jehoiakim to the truth led to Judah’s downfall and left the promise of a new day
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Singed

November 15, 2020 by Rev Matt Meditations
In hazardous and uncertain times our impulse is to go to the ramparts and do battle. Isaiah’s vision grounds God’s strength in a different realm—the realm of holiness. Our disarming gift to our neighbor
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