December 26, 2021: May God’s words be spoken, may God’s words be heard. Amen. Well, you made it! The stores will soon have “after Christmas” sales on, and likely have started putting out Valentine’s Day displays. Folks believe that everything can go back to normal – to the way it was. Some Christmas trees will…
Christmas Eve 2021: May God’s words be spoken, may God’s words be heard. Amen. I love the music of the season – Advent hymns like “Comfort, Comfort Ye My People,” “People Look East,” “O Come, O Come Emmanuel,” and so many more. Christmas hymns too, of course – all the ones we sing tonight most…
December 5, 2021: May God’s words be spoken, may God’s words be heard. Amen. I don’t know if you noticed the turn. You know, the turn our gospel just took for us today? We are now on our 5th Sunday of the original 7 week Advent, and Advent always begins, whether 4 weeks or 7…
November 28, 2021: May God’s words be spoken, may God’s words be heard. Amen. Well, by now, I hope all the stuffing, mashed potatoes, and turkey – or whatever it is that makes up your Thanksgiving feast – is now history – even while we know it will stick around awhile on the scale. And…
November 21, 2021: May God’s words be spoken, may God’s words be heard. Amen. Okay, whenever I hear Psalm 126, I am immediately transported back to my Baptist childhood, when we would sing “Bringing in the sheaves, bringing in the sheaves, we will come rejoicing, bringing in the sheaves.” And as a kid, I just…
November 14, 2021: May God’s words be spoken, may God’s words be heard. Amen. We are now in Advent, the second week of Advent actually. Now, you may wonder if maybe you missed something, because it didn’t look like Advent last week. Well, last Sunday we celebrated the Feast of All Saints, transferred from November…
November 7, 2021 – The Feast of All Saints: May God’s words spoken, may God’s words be heard. Amen. Wow! How great it is to be back in the pulpit and seeing all of you gathered here today. I have really missed you’all! And, I know that you all have missed one another. It is…
October 10, 2021: May God’s words be spoken, may God’s words be heard. Amen. “As Jesus set out on a journey…” This is how our gospel passage from Mark opens today. Jesus is heading out the door. So, I have to wonder – where was Jesus going, and why? I’ll never really know the answer…
October 3, 2021: May God’s words be spoken, may God’s words be heard. Amen. Before I start – I am not preaching on the gospel passage today, and it isn’t saying what you may think it is saying. I will post a link to a previous sermon I did on this with today’s sermon, and…
September 12, 2021: May God’s words be spoken, may God’s words be heard. Amen. Well, the opening of that epistle of James we just heard likely rang a few school bells for teachers far and wide. “Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers and sisters, for you know that we who teach will…
