Love to Tell the Story

By Rev. Michael Lowry

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Sermons, devotionals and other random stories from a New England church pastor Find us on www.facebook.com/LoveToTelltheStory/ Plus, check out our blog at https://pastoralponderings.wordpress.com/

Episode Date
For As Often As You Eat This Bread
Jun 09, 2026
A Little Bit Lower Than God
Jun 02, 2026
A Fresh Capacity to Listen
May 26, 2026
The Apostle Named... "Matthias?"
May 20, 2026
Between the Now and Not Yet
May 15, 2026
Free Indeed!
May 05, 2026
Shepherded
Apr 28, 2026
Peter's Redemption... and Ours
Apr 21, 2026
The Peaceable Presence
Apr 14, 2026
When God Shakes the World
Apr 07, 2026
Wrestling With... Peter's Denial, and Ours
Mar 31, 2026
Wrestling With... the Cross
Mar 24, 2026
Wrestling With... Sacrifice
Mar 17, 2026
Wrestling With... Being Perfect
Mar 10, 2026
Wrestling With... Anger, Righteous and Otherwise
Mar 03, 2026
Wrestling With... Temptation
Feb 24, 2026
"Onward..."
Feb 19, 2026
In It to Win It
Feb 10, 2026
You, of All People!
Feb 03, 2026
More Than A Miracle
Jan 27, 2026
What Are You Looking For?
Jan 21, 2026
Promises to Keep
Jan 13, 2026
Home By Another Way
Jan 06, 2026
For Poor Ornery People
Jan 02, 2026
BONUS EPISODE: Glory to God in the Lowest
Dec 30, 2025
BONUS EPISODE: What Child *Is* This?
Dec 25, 2025
Joseph, Did You Know?
Dec 24, 2025
A Deeper Joy
Dec 16, 2025
"The Sun is Shining, the Grass is Green..."
Dec 09, 2025
We Need a Little Christmas
Dec 02, 2025
Remember... Not to Forget
Nov 24, 2025
Coming Attractions
Nov 18, 2025
Children of the Resurrection
Nov 12, 2025
Out On a Limb
Nov 04, 2025
Getting It Right
Oct 28, 2025
"But As For You..."
Oct 21, 2025
The Ones Who Get It
Oct 14, 2025
Come to the Table
Oct 10, 2025
Taking Hold of the Eternal
Sep 30, 2025
"...of Whom I Am the Foremost"
Sep 16, 2025
The Choices That We Make
Sep 09, 2025
The Welcome Table
Sep 03, 2025
Keeping the Sabbath
Aug 26, 2025
Conformed or Transformed?
Aug 23, 2025
The Bridge People
Aug 12, 2025
Glimmers of God's Grace
Aug 05, 2025
From Out of the Whirlwind
Jul 30, 2025
To Live a Long Life Full and Well
Jul 25, 2025
To Count Our Days
Jul 15, 2025
Fresh From the Spring
Jul 09, 2025
With Groanings Too Deep for Words
Jul 01, 2025
What's Growing in Your Garden?
Jun 24, 2025
As Close as Breathing, As Wild as the Spirit
Jun 17, 2025
Coloring Outside the Lines
Jun 10, 2025
These Things We Share
Jun 03, 2025
Keeping the Faith
May 27, 2025
Wouldn't It Be Nice
May 20, 2025
And Their Eyes Were Opened
May 13, 2025
They Encountered Jesus: Nicodemus
Mar 11, 2025
BONUS EPISODE: It's Hard to Be Humble
Mar 05, 2025
And One More Thing... Love Your Enemies!
Mar 04, 2025
Love Goes On
Feb 25, 2025
Love Is a Choice
Feb 04, 2025
Love Has Priority
Jan 29, 2025
Living What We Already Know
Jan 21, 2025
Taken By the Hand
Jan 13, 2025
Resolutions
Jan 07, 2025
Living in the Light
Dec 31, 2024
Let It Be With Me!
Dec 23, 2024
Exult With Loud Singing!
Dec 17, 2024
With Guided Feet
Dec 10, 2024
Living Expectantly
Dec 02, 2024
An Attitude of Gratitude
Nov 25, 2024
Not Far from the Kingdom of God
Nov 19, 2024
From Irrelevant to Real
Nov 12, 2024
Taste and See That the Lord Is Good!
Nov 05, 2024
The Faith to Ask
Oct 29, 2024
Stumbling Blocks
Oct 21, 2024
Prayer to Be Reckoned With
Oct 15, 2024
Lord, Give Me Patience...
Oct 08, 2024
With Gentleness Born of Wisdom
Oct 02, 2024
Taming the Tongue
Sep 24, 2024
The Royal Rule of Love
Sep 17, 2024
More Than Lip Service
Sep 11, 2024
Bread of Life
Aug 18, 2024
Song for the (Really) Tired
Jul 15, 2024
Living in the Abundance
Jul 09, 2024
Integrity With God
Jun 25, 2024
"Now That I've Got Your Attention..."
Jun 18, 2024
Dare to Dance the Tide
Jun 11, 2024
Such As We Have We Give
Jun 04, 2024
Devoted
May 28, 2024
Inspiration/Perspiration
May 22, 2024
What Next?
May 14, 2024
A Faith that Conquers the World
May 09, 2024
Unabashedly Christian, Unabashedly Caring
Apr 30, 2024
One True Voice
Apr 23, 2024
Wardrobe of the Resurrection
Apr 16, 2024
Three Gifts
Apr 09, 2024
When You Have Been Eastered
Apr 02, 2024
A Matter of Life and Death... and Life
Mar 29, 2024
Spending Time in Gethsemane
Mar 26, 2024
Would You See Jesus?
Mar 19, 2024
Foundation Matters
Mar 12, 2024
What's Your Priority?
Mar 05, 2024
Sometimes You Start Over
Feb 27, 2024
The Art of Abiding
Feb 20, 2024
I Will Be With You
Feb 13, 2024
I Bring You Truth
Feb 06, 2024
I Will Lead You
Jan 30, 2024
I Invite You In
Jan 23, 2024
I Call Your Name
Jan 16, 2024
At the Heart of Christmas Is... a Cross
Jan 02, 2024
At the Heart of Christmas Is... LOVE
Dec 24, 2023
At the Heart of Christmas Is... JOY
Dec 19, 2023
At the Heart of Christmas Is... PEACE
Dec 12, 2023
At the Heart of Christmas Is... HOPE
Dec 05, 2023
Does Christ Reign?
Nov 28, 2023
Sheep, Goats... and Chocolate Chip Cookies
Nov 20, 2023
Ready to Be Ready
Nov 14, 2023
Singing in the Strain
Nov 07, 2023
Checking All the Boxes
Oct 31, 2023
Neighboring
Oct 24, 2023
"Again I Will Say, Rejoice!"
Oct 17, 2023
Fruitfulness
Oct 10, 2023
All Around the Table
Oct 04, 2023
Sheer Grace
Sep 26, 2023
A Way of Life Called Forgiveness
Sep 19, 2023
The Continuing Debt to Love
Sep 12, 2023
The Good Life
Sep 05, 2023
Who Do You Say I Am?
Aug 30, 2023
God the Mother Eagle
Aug 20, 2023
For the Good
Jul 16, 2023
Surely in This Place
Jul 11, 2023
A Strange and Unlovely Story
Jul 05, 2023
A Laughing Matter
Jun 20, 2023
Blessed to Be a Blessing
Jun 13, 2023
Created… and Crowned With Glory
Jun 06, 2023
Spirited
May 30, 2023
A Powerful Witness
May 23, 2023
"I Will!"
May 16, 2023
Where is Our Cornerstone?
May 09, 2023
For You Are With Me
May 02, 2023
Holy Boldness
Apr 25, 2023
Recognizing the Christ
Apr 18, 2023
What's So Special About the Empty Tomb?
Apr 11, 2023
We Were There
Apr 07, 2023
What's So Special About the Palms?
Apr 04, 2023
What's So Special About Abundant Life?
Mar 28, 2023
An Extravagant Gift
Mar 23, 2023
What's So Special About Grace?
Mar 21, 2023
What's So Special About Repentance?
Mar 14, 2023
What's So Special About Communion?
Mar 07, 2023
What's So Special About Lent?
Feb 28, 2023
Down in the Valley
Feb 21, 2023
When Life Comes At You
Feb 14, 2023
Why I Wear a Robe
Feb 09, 2023
Integrity
Feb 07, 2023
No Reason to Give Up
Jan 31, 2023
Disciples Catching Disciples
Jan 24, 2023
Affirmation
Jan 10, 2023
Reclaiming Emmanuel
Jan 03, 2023
Reclaiming the Wonder
Dec 29, 2022
Reclaiming the Light
Dec 27, 2022
Reclaiming the Song
Dec 20, 2022
Reclaiming the Gift
Dec 15, 2022
Reclaiming the Splendor
Dec 13, 2022
Reclaiming the Miracle
Dec 06, 2022
Reclaiming the Scandal
Nov 29, 2022
Think on These Things… and Be Thankful!
Nov 21, 2022
“Nevertheless…”
Nov 14, 2022
We Dare Not Stand Idle
Nov 08, 2022
Losing Yourself/Finding Yourself
Nov 01, 2022
An Invested Faith
Oct 25, 2022
The Rest of Us
Oct 18, 2022
The Mercy Run
Oct 03, 2022
Coming to Yourself
Sep 26, 2022
Sitting in the Pew Next to You
Sep 20, 2022
The Reckless, Relentless, Rejoicing God
Sep 13, 2022
Hope That Does Not Disappoint
Sep 08, 2022
The Cost of Choosing Life
Sep 06, 2022
A New Reality
Sep 01, 2022
In the Hand of the Potter
Aug 30, 2022
Reflections Around the Pond
Aug 23, 2022
The Power of Shameless Prayer
Aug 01, 2022
Storms
Jul 25, 2022
Time Well Spent
Jul 18, 2022
Let Us Pray
Jul 08, 2022
It's Who We Are
Jul 05, 2022
The Kind of Communion that Matters
Jun 30, 2022
Counting the Cost
Jun 28, 2022
A Blessed Community
Jun 21, 2022
The Unfolding Mystery
Jun 14, 2022
Of the (Wild) Spirit
Jun 07, 2022
"Don't just stand there..."
May 31, 2022
Turn, Turn, Turn
May 26, 2022
An Advocate for the Way
May 24, 2022
Doing Good
May 17, 2022
Word... and Sacrament
May 12, 2022
The Need for a Shepherd
May 10, 2022
Missing Easter
May 04, 2022
Do You Love Me?
May 03, 2022
The Courage It Takes
Apr 15, 2022
From Parade to Cross
Apr 12, 2022
For Jesus
Apr 05, 2022
Do You Want to Be Made Well?
Mar 29, 2022
With the Lord
Mar 22, 2022
The Snows of Lent
Mar 16, 2022
On the Way
Mar 15, 2022
In the Wilderness
Mar 08, 2022
Reaming Out
Mar 02, 2022
In the Moment
Mar 01, 2022
"If God is in it..."
Feb 22, 2022
A Sign to Remind Us
Feb 17, 2022
A Passion for the Word
Feb 15, 2022
Preaching (and Living) What We Already Know
Feb 11, 2022
Improve Your Serve!
Feb 08, 2022
Tame Your Tongue!
Feb 01, 2022
The Ways That We Pray
Jan 27, 2022
Watch Your Attitude!
Jan 25, 2022
Behind the Smiles
Jan 21, 2022
Become an Apprentice!
Jan 19, 2022
Remember Your Baptism!
Jan 11, 2022
Epiphanies
Jan 04, 2022
Let Your Servant Depart in Peace
Dec 29, 2021
Christmas Gift!
Dec 29, 2021
Fear Not!
Dec 21, 2021
A Christmas (Pageant) Story
Dec 16, 2021
Go and Tell... What You See!
Dec 14, 2021
Wonderful Counselor
Dec 10, 2021
Prepare the Way of the Lord
Dec 07, 2021
Watching for Signs
Dec 02, 2021
Let Us Go Up to the Mountain
Nov 30, 2021
"...and forget not..."
Nov 22, 2021
In Appreciation of Mashed Potatoes
Nov 18, 2021
Justifying the Margins
Nov 16, 2021
For Your Camels Also
Nov 09, 2021
Every Generous Act of Giving
Nov 04, 2021
The Persistent Christian
Nov 02, 2021
The Wonder of Creation... and Its Creator
Oct 28, 2021
The Plans I Have For You
Oct 26, 2021
Conviction of the Heart
Oct 19, 2021
Through the Puckerbrush
Oct 13, 2021
The Importance of Getting to Work
Oct 07, 2021
It's the Journey That Matters
Oct 05, 2021
Beloved of God, Imitators of Christ
Sep 29, 2021
Are You Heeding Wisdom (Or Are You Stuck on Simple)?
Sep 23, 2021
What Say You?
Sep 14, 2021
God's Love... and Ours
Sep 07, 2021
God's Law... and the Way We Live
Aug 31, 2021
God's Law... and the Way We Worship
Aug 24, 2021
God's Law... and Promise
Aug 16, 2021
Varieties of Gifts
Aug 13, 2021
God's Name
Aug 09, 2021
Connected
Jul 21, 2021
Anchored Deep... and Growing Well!
Jul 14, 2021
Potholes, Loose Gravel and Jagged Stones
Jul 08, 2021
Freedom
Jul 04, 2021
To a Solitary Place
Jul 01, 2021
Taking Offense at Jesus
Jun 28, 2021
Anchor Deep... and Hold On!
Jun 23, 2021
When God Grows the Garden
Jun 13, 2021
The Vastness of the Pond
Jun 07, 2021
As Close as Breathing
Jun 02, 2021
Proclamation of the Word
May 27, 2021
Can You Hear Me Now?
May 26, 2021
In, But Not Of, the World
May 18, 2021
Hand Me Downs
May 18, 2021
By Our Love and Through His
May 18, 2021
What's Good About the Shepherd
Apr 28, 2021
Witnesses of These Things
Apr 20, 2021
The Peaceable Presence
Apr 13, 2021
Afraid of Easter!
Apr 07, 2021
Table Talk
Apr 01, 2021
Keeping Watch
Mar 31, 2021
The Wondrous Attraction
Mar 25, 2021
Do You Believe This?
Mar 24, 2021
What Do You See?
Mar 18, 2021
Life Between Two Rivers
Feb 22, 2021
Cleaning Out
Feb 18, 2021
The True Measure of Love
Feb 15, 2021
Moments of Wonder
Feb 11, 2021
Grasshoppers and Eagles
Feb 10, 2021
When Heaven is Our Home
Feb 04, 2021
To Be Bold
Feb 03, 2021
Part of the Family
Jan 28, 2021
"For God alone my soul waits..."
Jan 26, 2021
Are You Listening?
Jan 21, 2021
When It's Who You Are
Jan 15, 2021
Practiced in Joy
Jan 13, 2021
The Lost Christ
Jan 05, 2021
God, With Us
Dec 24, 2020
My Place at the Manger
Dec 17, 2020
A Soul Magnified and a Spirit Rejoicing
Dec 15, 2020
There's a Song in the Air
Dec 10, 2020
Lift It Up, Do Not Fear!
Dec 08, 2020
Where Are You, Christmas?
Dec 01, 2020
Think on These Things... and Be Thankful
Nov 19, 2020
The Widow's Might
Nov 17, 2020
The Time to Be Ready
Nov 10, 2020
At the End of the Day
Nov 03, 2020
You, Me and the Good Samaritan
Oct 29, 2020
The Real Deal
Oct 28, 2020
The Glue That Holds It Together
Oct 15, 2020
Nurturing a Good Name
Oct 14, 2020
The Imperative of Prayer
Oct 08, 2020
As Bread for the Broken
Oct 06, 2020
Walking the Talk
Sep 30, 2020
Stooping Down
Sep 23, 2020
Bits and Pieces Woven Together
Sep 17, 2020
And That Is Who We Are
Sep 14, 2020
Fresh From the Spring
Sep 08, 2020
Out Beyond the Big Rock
Sep 01, 2020
Singing in the Strain
Aug 31, 2020
Heart Knowledge
Aug 17, 2020
To Count Our Days
Aug 11, 2020
Tacking
Jul 08, 2020
Our History and Tradition
Jul 02, 2020
A Cup of Cold Water
Jun 28, 2020
Living Faithfully (While Standing on Your Head)
Jun 21, 2020
To Lead Lives Worthy
Jun 14, 2020
A Little Bit Lower Than God
Jun 07, 2020
The Wind Blows Where It Chooses
Jun 05, 2020
A Fresh Capacity to Listen
Jun 02, 2020
The People of What (Ever) Happens Next
May 24, 2020
Friended
May 22, 2020
A Dwelling Place for God
May 17, 2020
"God Sightings!"
May 10, 2020
A Walk in the Woods
May 07, 2020
Keeping the Faith
May 03, 2020
Unabashedly Joyful
Apr 26, 2020
And Whatever You Do, In Word and Deed…
Apr 24, 2020
Believing God
Apr 19, 2020
It’s Not the Food That Matters
Apr 17, 2020
New Heavens, New Earth, New Future
Apr 12, 2020
Gladiola Bulbs
Apr 10, 2020
A Clearer View
Apr 05, 2020
A Tree That Grows on a Rock
Apr 02, 2020
The Light That Prevails
Mar 29, 2020
The Slow Process of Amazing Grace
Mar 26, 2020
We Are the Church!
Mar 22, 2020
Encounters on the Way: The Samaritan Woman
Mar 17, 2020
Worshiping God at the Drive-In
Mar 12, 2020
Encounters on the Way: Bartimaeus and the Rich Young Ruler
Mar 10, 2020
Encounters on the Way: Nicodemus
Mar 03, 2020
Down from the Mountain
Feb 25, 2020
Just Beneath the Surface
Feb 21, 2020
What’s Your Foundation?
Feb 18, 2020
A Bold Move
Feb 14, 2020
To Shake and To Shine
Feb 11, 2020
Blessed Foolishness
Feb 04, 2020
Wrestling With the Text
Jan 31, 2020
God’s Search... For You!
Jan 28, 2020
Where Our Hope is Found
Jan 24, 2020
An Ever-Widening Embrace
Jan 20, 2020
The Nameplate on My Door
Jan 17, 2020
“It Begins With a Voice...”
Jan 14, 2020
A Sign to Remind Us
Jan 09, 2020
A Life That’s Evergreen
Jan 06, 2020
And in His Name All Oppression Shall Cease
Dec 30, 2019
By His Cradle We Stand
Dec 27, 2019
For Yonder Breaks a New and Glorious Morn
Dec 23, 2019
Barking at the Manger
Dec 13, 2019
A Gospel of Peace
Dec 10, 2019
Heaven and Nature Singing
Dec 05, 2019
A Thrill of Hope
Dec 03, 2019
All the Gifts Along the Way
Nov 25, 2019
The Pilgrimage of Myles Standish
Nov 21, 2019
At the Center of It All
Nov 19, 2019
We Dare Not Stand Idle
Nov 14, 2019
God of the Living
Nov 12, 2019
“Blessed Are You...”
Nov 06, 2019
The Masks We Wear
Oct 31, 2019
The Way... of Life Abundant
Oct 28, 2019
The Legacy That Remains
Oct 25, 2019
The Way... of Faithful Giving
Oct 22, 2019
The Way... of Authentic Leadership
Oct 15, 2019
Bubble Gum Evangelism
Oct 11, 2019
The Way... of True Worship
Oct 08, 2019
On World Communion Sunday
Oct 03, 2019
Rekindling the Flame
Sep 30, 2019
Marching, But Not Alone
Sep 27, 2019
Adjusting the Bottom Line
Sep 23, 2019
Daily Distractions
Sep 20, 2019
“But When You’ve Done the Wrong Thing...”
Sep 17, 2019
The Right Thing to Do
Sep 09, 2019
Sometimes It Takes a While to Get There
Sep 06, 2019
Beyond the Banquet
Sep 01, 2019
Good Church People
Aug 30, 2019
Windows of Opportunity
Aug 26, 2019
Time Capsules
Aug 22, 2019
The Conviction of Things Unseen
Aug 18, 2019
Practicing the Presence of God (While Mowing the Lawn)
Aug 16, 2019
Security Blankets
Aug 12, 2019
“From Away”
Aug 10, 2019
Parables “On the Pond,” Part 3: The Rocks on the Shore
Jul 22, 2019
Parables “On the Pond,” Part 2: A Sailboat Securely Tied
Jul 16, 2019
Parables “On the Pond,” Part 1
Jul 11, 2019
Why We’re Here
Jul 07, 2019
What You Get From a Garden
Jul 03, 2019
Hand to the Plow
Jun 30, 2019
With Gentleness Born of Wisdom
Jun 28, 2019
God of the Crushed Silence
Jun 24, 2019
On (Not) Missing the Wonder
Jun 20, 2019
After the Spirit
Jun 17, 2019
Sailing
Jun 08, 2019
Matthias
Jun 04, 2019
Though the Mountains Tremble With its Tumult
May 31, 2019
A Gift of Peace
May 29, 2019
The Connections That Matter
May 24, 2019
“And They’ll Know We Are Christians...”
May 22, 2019
Love to Tell the Story (Trailer)
May 21, 2019