Kingdom Promises
(I preached this sermon on April 22, 2012 at Trinity United Methodist Church in Hackettstown, NJ. It was the beginning sermon in a series addressing major themes of the Bible. The themes here are Revelation, Salvation, Reconciliation, and the Kingdom of God.) Before the colonialists imposed national boundaries, the kings of Laos and Vietnam reached…
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Honoring the Poor
I delivered this sermon on March 18, 2012 at Trinity United Methodist Church in Hackettstown, NJ. It was part of a Lenten Series on what it means to be a Good Samaritan. I like to think of myself as a pretty adaptable guy and a fairly quick learner. I embrace electronic gadgets. Why when VCRs…
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The Quilter
I delivered this sermon yesterday at the funeral of my mother, Goldie Trezise, at the Church of the Brethren in Westernport, MD. I’ve been calling it a sermeulogy as it is more eulogy than sermon. What do you say about the death of your mother? It is common experience. The nature of life is that…
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Power Washing
I’ve been away from this blog for a long time during our move and adjustment to New Jersey. The move had a surprise benefit though. I found the following sermon that I had thought lost. I preached it on January 13, 2002 in two small churches in Baltimore County, Maryland. I hope it touches you in some way.…
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Kingdom Alignment: My Plans And Desires
Reading Time 3.5 Minutes “God bless my plan.” For a very long time I have said this mockingly as an example of exactly the type of prayer we should not pray. Living a Christian life requires us to surrender our lives to Christ, which means we live according to his plan and not ours. I…
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Getting the Message
The grocery seems to be a place where I find the Kingdom more easily. My most recent experience occurred a few days ago. As I entered the checkout line I saw that the young woman bagging the groceries had an almost rigid mask for her face. That was when I could see her face at…
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New Release Contributes to the Popular Appalachian Literature Genre
“Over the past couple of decades, Appalachian literature has developed a strong and close relationship with independent publishing, showing the latter to be an important medium for the expression for Appalachian voice,” writes Kristopher Clifford in a master’s thesis in 2007. A new release, Former Things Forgotten, by Thomas Trezise, published by the hybrid Redemption…
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Pray Like Tevya
In high school, I had roles in two productions of Broadway musicals. I didn’t even sing, but they gave me the bug. Since then I’ve had a love affair with Broadway. One of my favorite musicals is Fiddler on the Roof. If you are unfamiliar with it, the musical tells the story of a Jewish…
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I'm Tom Trezise a retired lawyer and corporate executive with over twenty years of experience as a Methodist lay preacher. Raised in Appalachia, I proudly call myself a hillbilly at heart. I'm the executive director of The Everyday Kingdom, a non-profit devoted to fostering a community that helps people find and experience the peace, purpose, and joy available from living every day in Christ’s kingdom.
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