Sermon Text: John 20: 19-31 Today’s Gospel is broken down into two scenes, both set in the same space, occurring one week apart. In the first scene 10 men sit huddled in a house in Jerusalem. It is evening on Sunday night, on Easter Sunday, and they are locked into the house because the city …
Sermon text: Matthew 28: 1-10 Yesterday I opened an email from our church’s insurance company, and like all emails these days it was discussing the current reality of COVID-19. The first line of the email stated that we are experiencing “unprecedented changes in our world and in our community.” I sat and thought about that …
Sermon Text: John 11: 1-45 Have you been to the grocery store lately? It totally has this otherworldly feel to it right now, doesn’t it? For me, the awkwardness at the grocery store can best be compared to a viewing at a funeral home. There is tension in the air, people are acting strangely, nobody …
This week’s worship was video recorded. Find it here: https://youtu.be/BO-J4N445KM Sermon Text: Psalm 23 There’s a character in the Psalms, who pops up again and again: the enemy. The enemy is a constant presence throughout the Psalter—this nameless foe who threatens everything and everyone. One of my favorite seminary professors taught that in the Psalms …
Sermon text: John 4: 5-42 At Taize Tuesday this past week we reminisced about summer—for many the favorite season of the year. Summer was a favorite because of the beach, camp, the pool, vacations, sunshine, warm weather, being outdoors, and the all too important break from the everyday grind that it offers, especially for those …
Sermon Text: John 3: 1-17 Do you ever look back on a time in your life and think, “Why did I do that? What made me think that that was a good idea? Boy, was I dumb!” I don’t know, maybe it’s something about moving back to your home town, but I’ve been reflecting on …
Sermon texts: Genesis 2: 15-17; 3: 1-7 and Matthew 4: 1-11 As a pastor, one of the most interesting educations is the process of learning how people are connected and related by either blood or marriage. Some of this information is pretty apparent, based on last names or who you sit with in the pews …
Sermon text: Joel 2: 1-2, 12-17 Remember you are dust and to dust you shall return. It’s a stark line, isn’t it? And yet, in those words we find a mountain of truth. We are first reminded of our mortality, that one day we too will die and there is absolutely nothing in our power …
