Kay Huggins' Sermons
at New Life Presbyterian Church
Albuquerque, NM

2006

“A Close Agreement”
Mark 12:28-34

"Before You Know It, They're Grown"
Luke 2: 41-52

“Called to Wait”
Luke 21:25-36

"In the First Place"
Mark 10: 2-16

"In the Last Place"
Mark 10:17-31

"Salty Christians"
Mark 9:38-50

“Waiting in the Wilderness”
Luke 3:1-6

"Waiting While Believing"
Luke 1: 39-45


“Waiting with a Questioning Heart"
Luke 3: 7-18

“What Do You Share?”
Mark 12: 38-44

“Who Me, a Servant?”
Mark 10:35-45

2007

"If I Had Only Known"
Advent Story based on Matthew 24:36-44

"The Dreamer Decides"
Advent Story based on Matthew 1: 18-25

"The Time of the Gardner"
Advent Story based on Matthew 3: 1-12

"Water and Word"
Luke 3: 15-22

"In Your Hearing"
Luke 4: 14-21

"The Edges of God's Call"
Luke 4: 21-30

"Fishing Lessons"
Luke 5: 1-11

"Holy Work"
Luke 6: 17-26

"Life Support Systems"
Luke 4: 1-13

"Left with our own designs"
Luke 13:31-35

"Give it a Year"
Luke 13: 1-9

"The Prodigal Returns, Again..."
Luke 15: 1-3, 11b-32

 

2007

"Shouting Stones"
Luke 19:28-40

“The Bent Over Woman”
Luke 13:10-17

“Cross Purposes”
Luke 1:68-79 and  23:33-43 

“In Search of a Loop Hole”
Luke 20: 27-38

“No More Shame”
Luke 19: 9-14 and Joel 2:23-3

"Sometimes it Takes a Baby"
Advent Story based on Luke 1: 46-55

"Forsaken No More"
Isaiah 62: 1-5 and John 2: 1-11

"Can Devotion Be Excessive?"
John 12: 1-8

"How Can I Keep From Singing?"
John 20: 1-1

"What Do You Hear?"
Acts 5:27-32

"When Loving Is Tough"
Acts 11:1-18

“That Forgiveness Thing”
Luke 7:35-8:3

"Little Lambs, Surly Sheep"
Psalm 23

“What Makes Life Secure”
Psalm 91:1-6,14-16, 
I Timothy 6:6-9 and
Luke 16:19-31

“What’s Fair is Fair”
Amos 8:1-12 , Luke 10: 38-42

"Interpreting the Present Time"
Isaiah 5: 1-7; Ps 80:1-2, 8-19

“The Purpose of Persistence”
Jeremiah 31:27-34 and Luke 18:1-8

“Write the Vision”
Habakkuk 1:1-4, 2:1-4

2008

“With God’s Pleasure”
Matthew 3:13-17
Epiphany Sunday, January 6, 2008

“One More Step Along the World We Go”
Matthew 2: 1-12
Epiphany Sunday, January 13, 2008

“Come and See”
John 1: 35-42
Ordinary time, January 20, 2008

“Music in the Cloud”
Matthew 17:1-9
A Celebration of Matalie Wham’s 25 years
as Church Musician
at New Life Presbyterian Church
February 3, 2008

“I Hear a Voice I Had Not Known”
Genesis 2:15-17, 3: 1-7 and Matthew 4:1-11
First Sunday of Lent, February 10, 2008

“Then, I was asked to go to an unknown land…”
Genesis 12:1-4 and John 3:1-17
Second Sunday in Lent, February 17, 2008

“Is the Lord Among Us?”
Exodus 17:1-7 and John 4:5-42
Third Sunday in Lent, February 24, 2008

“What Can We Do?”
John 11: 1-45, The Message, Eugene Peterson
Fifth Sunday in Lent, March 9, 2008

“Can you say Humble and King in the same sentence?”
Matthew 21:1-17
Palm Sunday, March 16, 2008

“Today is the Day”
John 20: 1-18
Easter Sunday, March 23, 2008

“What does Jesus’ resurrection mean today?”
Acts 2:14a, 22-32
March 30, 2008
Resource:  Veli-Matti Karkkainen,
Christology, a Global Introduction (Baker Academic, 2003)

“Life Traders”  ~ Matthew 25:14-20

November 16, 2008
Resource: “The Stewardship of Pain” by Fred Buechner

 

“Living, Loving, Laughing Out Loud” ~ Matthew 25: 31-46

November 23, 2008

Story Sermon:  "A Clear Call"
Advent 1, November 30, 2008
Based on Isaiah 64:1-9 and Mark 13:24-37

Story Sermon:  "Comforting, Unlikely Voices"
Advent 2, December 7, 2008
Based on Isaiah 40: 1-11 and Mark 1: 1-8

Story Sermon:  "A New Song"
Advent 3, December 14, 2008
Based on Luke 1: 47-55 and John 1: 6-8, 19-28

Story Sermon: "An Impossibility"
Advent 4, December 21, 2008
Based on Luke 1: 26-38

 

2009

"And now the mystery is revealed"
January 4, 2009
Ephesians 3:
1-12
New Life Presbyterian Church ~ The Reverend Kay E. Huggins

 

“Stepping into the Waters”

January 11, 2008

Mark 1: 4-11

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"The Grace of Following Jesus"

January 18, 2009

John 1: 43-51

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"Transformed"

January 25, 2009

Mark 1: 14-20

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"Where Are You, Jesus?"

February 8, 2009

Mark 1: 29-39

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"Miscues and Biases"

February 15, 2009

2 Kings 5:1-19a

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“Why does the Spirit bless then chase away?”

March 1, 2009

Mark 1:9-15

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“How can life be secure?”

March 8, 2009

Mark 8:31-38

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"When is anger right?"

March 15, 2009

John 2: 13-22

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"What Time Is It?"

March 29, 2009

John 12: 20-33

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“Why All the Shouting?”

April 5, 2009

Mark 11:1-11

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“Why Am I Sent to Others?”

April 12, 2009

John 20:1-18

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“A Gradual Awareness of Change”

April 19, 2009

John 20:19-31

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“Mixed Emotions, Broiled Fish and Resurrection Education” -April 26, 2009

Luke 24: 36b-48

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“The Good Shepherd” 

(resourced by Mystical Christianity, John A. Sanford)

May 3, 2009

John 10:11-18

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"The Vine and the Branches"

May 10, 2009

John 15: 1-8

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"Can Love Be Commanded?"

May 17, 2009

John 15: 9-17

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"Come Away"
August 30, 2009
Selections from the Song of Songs
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"The Good Life in the Style of Proverbs"
September 5, 2009
Proverbs 22, selections
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"The Pivot"
September 13, 2009
Mark 8:27-38
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"Big Fears, Little Children"
September 20, 2009
Mark 8: 30-3
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"Is There Really a God-side?"
September 27, 2009
Mark 9: 38-50
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"The Blessing"
October 4, 2009
Mark 10: 2-16
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"Big Question, Big Answer"
October 11, 2009
Mark 10: 17-31
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“Shining Lives; Tears Wiped Away”
November 1, 2009
Revelation 21:1-6a

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“Out of Abundance or Out of the Ordinary”
November 8, 2009
Mark 12:38-44

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"A Calm Spirit?"
November 15, 2009
I Samuel 2:1-10 and Mark 13:1-8

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"There will be signs..."
November 29, 2009~First Sunday in Advent
Luke 21: 25-36

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"In the Reign of...A Story Sermon on John the Baptist"
December 6, 2009~Second Sunday in Advent
Luke 3: 1-6

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"Whoever has two coats must share...” 

A Story Sermon based on Luke 3:7-18
December 13, 2009~Third Sunday in Advent

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“Christmas Communion” 
Christmas Eve, 7 pm Service

December 24, 2009
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