Sermon text: Romans 8:12-17 All who are led by the Spirit of God are children of God. That line from Paul reminds me of my favorite part of the baptismal rite, as I apply olive oil on the child’s brow in the shape of a cross and say, “You, child of God, have been sealed …
Sermon text: Ezekiel 37: 1-14 My buddy Andy has a mechanically oriented brain, so he really enjoys thinks like computers, 3D printers, and automobiles. Last summer he restored his old 1998 Jeep Cherokee with his pandemic free time. Every week he was completing another change to the vehicle, showing me all of the progress under …
Sermon text: Acts 1: 1-11 On the fortieth day of Easter, which for us is celebrated on Thursday, May 13th, Jesus blesses his disciples one last time and is taken up into heaven. He ascends. Just like the resurrection, the disciples have never witnessed anything quite like this, so they stand still, their necks bent …
Sermon text: John 15: 9-17 One of the hardest things to do is to get two people who don’t like each other to get along. Parents, teachers, how do you get children to behave with each other when they just don’t want to? I am not a parent, nor am I a teacher, but I …
Sermon text: John 15: 1-8 Even though it was 70 degrees in the morning sun I stood before my beloved tomato plants in a cold sweat, pruning shears at the ready in my hand. Last spring I got the gardening bug along with every other person stuck at home during the pandemic. I had a …