Category: Sunday Worship

This world is filled with uncertainties. How well will a crop perform? How gentle will the storms be? How healthy will a baby be? How long will a life be? This world is filled with uncertainty. So you see why this world is filled with people who want power to protect themselves, their possessions, their…

You know, I usually start a sermon sharing how I’ve always loved the Gospel lesson of the day, and then I’d tell you all the things I like about it, how it’s inspiring and motivating, curious and original. But the truth is I don’t know how I feel about this Gospel reading. It begins with…

Frank Kilby, Larry Day, Betty Mullinix, Oliver Baker, to name a few, and many more this year, people who attended worship in this church, who were confirmed in faith in this congregation, who were known to members of this community, passed away. In the midst of the beauty of fall, we see also the decay…

Today our community gathers, driving in from our separate homes, finding connection in knowing we are each doing the same thing – much as churches around the world are connected when they gather on the same day, read the same scriptures, celebrate the same sacraments, or sing the same hymns. It’s a source of encouragement.…

When I was younger (I think I was 13 or 14), I had the sense that I wanted to do some sort of work that made the Word of God better understood among people of faith. I wanted others to experience the sense of freedom and peace that I felt when I heard the stories…

Whoever is not against us is for us. Who is against you? Who has done damage to you, to your life, to your happiness, to your faith in humanity, to your world? Who is against you? It doesn’t matter who you are. There are people in some corner of the world who treat each of…

In time, I’m sure, your perspective has changed. It constantly unfolds, and it unfurls more fully if you allow it, if you let it, if you welcome it. The job is to let your perception change, or more precisely, to let go of it, so it will become what is most helpful for you and…

What were you arguing about on the way? Have you ever had that question asked of you? What were you arguing about: Who is the greatest among you? Who is pulling his weight? Who has made the greater sacrifice to be a disciple? Who has made the most effort? Who has demonstrated the most commitment?…

“Who do you say I am?” It’s a question that takes more than a minute to answer, no matter who asks it. Maybe someone’s asked you before, seeking some sort of direction for her life, a kind of signpost to follow. A child may ask a parent to say what kind of person she will…

Oftentimes, I am tempted to hide when I feel like I don’t have the resilience or energy to be what others hope I can be – a good husband, a good father, a good pastor, a good friend, a good son and brother. Have you ever been “overwhelmed by the enormity of the world’s grief”…