Choice and Consequences: or, What Is The Unpardonable Sin? 07 June 2015 Lectionary 1 Samuel 8:4-20 (11:14-15) Psalm 138 2 Corinthians 4:13-5:1 Mark 3:20-35 Text to Life (based on Mark 3:20-35) One of the biggest lies we learned as children was this one from a 19th...
Left Behind? Lectionary Isaiah 6:1-8 Psalm 29 Romans 8:12-17 John 3:1-17 Text to Life Sermon As kids we all learned “short hand” and “semaphors”–the art of using symbols to replace words. Now this talent has academic standing as “semiotics”—- the ability to read and...
Greater Things Lectionary 24 May 2015 Pentecost Sunday Acts 2:1-21 Psalm 104:24-34, 35b Romans 8:22-27 John 15:26-27; 16:4b-15 Text to Life (based on John 15:26-27; 16:4b-15) It’s that time of year. Parents have a big decision to make. . . . Summer camp or no summer...
What’s In A Name? Lectionary: Acts 1:1-11 Psalm 47 Ephesians 1:15-23 Luke 24:44-53 Sermon (special selection based on John 17:6-19) The Day of Ascension 17 May 2015 There is a simple, amoeba-ish creature that lives by taking advantage of moist, marginal,...
That Family Tree Lectionary: The Sixth Sunday of Easter Mother’s Day Acts 10:44-48 Psalm 98 1 John 5:1-6 John 15:9-17 Sermon: That Family Tree 1 John 5:1-6 Nothing changes your life more than becoming a parent. Whether you are a birth Mom or Dad, an adoptive Mom...
The Divine Vine 03 May 2015 Fifth Sunday of Easter Lectionary: Acts 8:26-40 Psalm 22:25-31 1 John 4:7-21 John 15:1-8 Sermon: The Divine Vine Lifeblood. When you hear that word, what do you think? Perhaps our first thought when we hear that term is the blood that...