April 17, 2016: May God’s words alone be spoken, may God’s words alone be heard. Amen. Welcome to Good Shepherd Sunday, always the fourth Sunday of Easter, when we hear the gospel message of Jesus as our shepherd, whose voice we hear and whom we follow. Following Jesus is our call, and it can take…
April 10, 2016: May God’s words alone be spoken, may God’s words alone be heard. Amen. There was something someone posted on Facebook a few weeks ago – a common post – that said, “If you think your religion is telling you to hate people, you are doing it wrong.” Isn’t that the truth. The…
April 3, 2016: May God’s words alone be spoken, may God’s words alone be heard. Amen. Happy Easter! Now, for all of you that thought Easter was last Sunday…today is Easter…too, or 2. Easter is not just a single day on the calendar. We are still celebrating Easter and we are in Eastertide until the…
Easter Sunday – March 27, 2016: May God’s words alone be spoken, may God’s words alone be heard. Amen. There was an article published on Good Friday that started like this…“When was the last time you felt stressed out by Easter? So much Easter shopping to do, so many Easter cards to write, so many…
Good Friday – March 25, 2016: May God’s words alone be spoken, may God’s words alone be heard. Amen. We have walked with Christ to this moment. Starting on Palm Sunday, we began a journey that brought to mind and heart the choices Jesus made, and that we made, and continue to make in…
Maundy Thursday – March 24, 2016: May God’s words alone be spoken, may God’s words alone be heard. Amen. There was a movie along while ago called “Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner?” It premiered in 1967 and featured some wonderful actors – Sidney Portier, Katherine Hepburn, Spencer Tracey to name a few. A young white…
March 20, 2016 – Palm Sunday: May God’s words alone be spoken, may God’s words alone be heard. Amen. Oh the insanity of it all. No, I don’t mean snow on the first day of Spring…thankfully we were spared from that this morning. I mean Palm Sunday. Now, as I say every Palm Sunday,…
March 13, 2016: May God’s words alone be spoken, may God’s words alone be heard. Amen. It’s good to be back this morning, and good to see that so many of you remembered to Spring Forward! If you don’t know, I was on vacation last week, and last Sunday, I had the chance to be…
February 28, 2016: May God’s words alone be spoken, may God’s words alone be heard. Amen. There was a pastor of another congregation that decided to have a more interactive sermon the Sunday that the story of Moses and the burning bush was read as a lesson, and so he “selected a middle-aged couple to…
February 21, 2016: May God’s words alone be spoken, may God’s words alone be heard. Amen. So last week, we heard about Jesus in the wilderness. He was beginning to live into his calling – a life that would lead him to Jerusalem – to the cross. After his baptism, he was ready to begin…
