Sermon text: Exodus 3: 1-15 When’s the last time you lit a fire? I’m not talking about flipping the switch on your Weber Grill or turning on the gas fireplace, but a real, honest to God fire. I usually get my fire fix over the summer at Camp Sequanota during cookouts. As Pastor Scott Custead …
Sermon text: Matthew 16: 13-20 Israel is full of wonderful sites. One of the most intriguing is in the far north, called Banias, and it is the location for this week’s Gospel lesson at Caesarea Philippi. At Banias there is a 100-foot wall of rock that rises from the earth. It is 500 feet across. …
Sermon Text: Genesis 45: 1-5 There’s something comforting about the consistency of our liturgy in worship. It’s nice to know that if you walked into most churches in the ELCA you will find a similar order of service. Sure, there may be different styles, different words, and different music, but it’s a safe bet that …
Sermon Text: Matthew 14: 22-33 How have you been taking care of yourself? I ask because we’ve been living in a state of heightened anxiety for some time now, and our normal ways of self-care may not be available to us, or perhaps we don’t feel quite comfortable returning to those activities that give us …
Sermon Text: Genesis 32: 22-31 Tara’s father lie dying in a bed at the hospice house and her world coming apart at the seams. Her father had been in very good health, he was in his late 80s, but then the cancer suddenly showed up in his body. She, her mother, the doctors, they tried …