January 2025

Friendship, Loss and Grief, Mission and Vocation, Relationships, Sermons, Service and Outreach, Spirituality, Suffering and Loss, Transformation and Wholeness, Wrestling with God

The Words We Long to Hear

Sunday, January 26, 2025 – Nehemiah 8:1-3, 5-6, 8-10, Psalm 19, 1 Corinthians 12:12-31a, Luke 4:14-21 Listen to the suffering of the people of Judah. First, their king and his family were forced into exile in Babylon. Then a few years later, when the great Temple was destroyed, almost all the Judeans were forced out […]

Baptism, Ministry, Mission and Vocation, Politics and Culture, Relationships, Sermons, Service and Outreach, Spirituality

Your Mission: If You Choose to Accept It

Sunday, January 19, 2025 – Isaiah 62:1-5, Psalm 36:5-10, 1 Corinthians 12:1-11, John 2:1-11 If you were watching television in the U.S. between 1966 and 1973, I could probably say a certain phrase and hum a certain tune and you’d know exactly what I was referring to. “Good morning, Mr. Phelps” and [then I hummed

Baptism, Experiencing the Sacred, Faith, Healing, Jesus, Love, Politics and Culture, Sermons, Sin and Redemption, Transformation and Wholeness

From Water and Fire

Sunday, January 12, 2025 – Isaiah 43:1-7, Psalm 29, Acts 8:14-17, Luke 3:15-17, 21-22 Most Sunday evenings, I have a standing date. Not with a man, but with a Masterpiece, the Masterpiece TV show on PBS that shows British dramas and mysteries, that is. I can’t get enough of them. I’ve often joked that I want

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