Several months ago, we had a poll going to see what the theme and content of our summer worship series would be…. In the past several years we have studied the great stories of the Hebrew Bible in a series called Holy Moly! And two summers ago we worked through how the Parables of Jesus
As I began thinking about and researching the sermon for today, I had a sneaking suspicion that I had preached on the same text three years ago when the lectionary cycle was on year B on Trinity Sunday. The reason I can be so sure about it is that the Gospel text is about Nicodemus
The Scripture passages today are both familiar to churched people. The vision in Ezekiel of the dry bones growing sinews, muscles, and skin and rising as living beings and the Pentecost story where people speak in their own native tongues and are understood by all are wild tales! Dry bones don’t become living people again!
When my kids were young I was always tired…. I tell that to my son and daughter-in-law now so that they know that there is an end in sight to the exhaustion they are both now feeling. Until my son, daughter, and my nephew were in their kindergarten years, I felt sleep deprived. I would
Presbytery met this past Tuesday at The Sanctuary Church in Ft Lauderdale. One of the highlights of the day was the guest preacher The Rev. Kathryn Threadgill who is the Associate for PCUSA Vital Congregations. Her job is about church health and change. Her work is to help churches realize that their futures will need
As a small child, I remember seeing cars opening their windows and throwing their trash on to the street. I remember litter being a part of the landscape of the city. And then attitudes toward littering changed. People began to frown and look down upon the families throwing their paper waste as they pulled out
I almost changed the text from which I would preach on this week. After I read the Gospel lesson from Luke and a few of the commentaries on this passage, I still felt uncomfortable. Usually I like preaching from the Gospel of Luke and I even went back over my notes from past 3rd Sunday’s
POEM Lost Generation by Jonathan Reed I am part of a lost generation and I refuse to believe I can change the world I realize that this may be a shock but “Happiness comes from within’ is a lie, and “Money will make me happy” So in 30 years I will tell my children They
I loved the opening paragraph in the exegesis of our morning text that was in Christian Century Magazine in its February 28th edition. It said, ‘If you reach the 12th chapter of John’s Gospel without a firm idea of who Jesus is or how he is supposed to have affected salvation, the text will more
I remember going to football games and seeing all the signs cheering on the Cleveland Browns football team years ago when they would at least win one game in a season and sometimes even make it to postseason games! The better the team was doing, the better the fans would be at cheering wildly for