Sermon text: Mark 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23 Did you ever notice that Jesus saves his sharpest barbs and most pointed criticisms for the people who were the most religious? Jesus doesn’t tear down the tax collectors and the prostitutes. He doesn’t target criminals or those with loose morals. No. It’s the Pharisees. It’s the scribes. The …
Sermon text: Ephesians 6: 10-20 When I was at Camp Sequanota the other week I was there during Theme Week—everyday had a different wacky theme or subject. Thursday’s theme was Prom Night. I, of course, wore my tuxedo jacket, cummerbund, and bow tie over top of my shorts and tee shirt. This was the very …
Sermon text: John 6: 51-58 A six-inch club sub from Sheetz on white bread with provolone cheese, mayonnaise, lettuce, tomato, black olives, and pickles. For decades that has been my go-to fast food meal when I am feeling lazy or pinched for time and don’t want to cook. I’ve eaten dozens and dozens of these …
Sermon text: 1 Kings 19: 4-8 There are times in our life when it feels like no matter what we do it is not enough. We complete a task, a chore, a job and there’s no thank you. There’s no gratitude. But another task will quickly pop up, another to-do item will populate our lists, …
Sermon texts: Exodus16: 2-4, 9-15; John 6: 24-35 A cabin full of elementary school-aged cabin campers sat around the breakfast table at Camp Sequanota and I was one of them, I was 9 or 10 years old. Throughout the week we had eaten all the normal breakfast foods: pancakes, eggs, bacon, sausage, oatmeal. But on …