Sunday, March 10, 2024 – John 3:14-21, Also Numbers 21:4-9, Psalm 107:1-3, 17-22, Ephesians 2:1-10 There are a lot of wonderful themes in today’s reading. I could talk about light, and I’m sure there will be sermons about light, but today I want to talk about snakes. I have to admit, I am interested in […]
Sunday, March 3, 2024 – John 2:13-22 Also Exodus 20:1-17, Psalm 19, 1 Corinthians 1:18-25 God’s Power on the Mountain On the third new moon after the Israelites had left Egypt, they entered the wilderness of Sinai. And God calls Moses up onto the mountain and tells him the words that he is to speak
Sunday, February 25, 2024 – Mark 8:31-38 Also Genesis 17:1-7, 15-16, Psalm 22:23-31, Romans 4:13-25 After I graduated with my bachelor’s degree in communications from Purdue University, nothing seemed to go the way I’d planned it. I originally thought I’d move to Florida to work for Walt Disney World, but that dream got cut off
Sunday, February 4, 2024 – Mark 1:29-39, Isaiah 40:21-31, Psalm 147:1-11, 20c, 1 Corinthians 9:16-23 In Jesus’ Presence Do you ever wonder what it must have been like to be in Jesus’ presence? What would it have felt like to be near him, to walk beside him, to hear his voice, to be touched by
Sunday, January 28, 2024 – Mark 1:21-28 A Problem of Language Today, I want to talk about healing. In our gospel text, we hear of a man healed by Jesus of an “unclean spirit.” Jesus clearly performs an exorcism of that demon. Now, I’ve heard tell of present-day exorcisms, and I’ve seen the movie, “The
Sunday, January 21, 2024: Mark 1:14-20, Jonah 3:1-5, 10, Psalm 62:5-12, 1 Cor 7:29-31 Jonah and the Ninevites Last week, I began with a discussion of the children’s swimming game “Marco Polo” to talk about seeking, finding, calling, and responding. Today, I will focus on answering the call of God. In this week’s reading from
Sunday, January 14, 2024 – John 1:43-51, also 1 Samuel 3:1-10, Psalm 139:1-6, 3-18, 1 Corinthians 6:12-20 We May Not Know God Last week, I talked about water and how much I loved being near the water. Which is kind of ironic, since I couldn’t swim without an inflatable tube until I was about 9
January 7, 2024 – Mark 1: 4-11, Genesis 1:1-5, Psalm 29, Acts 19:1-7 I love water. I love being around water. Of course, here, that means I like to spend time at the beach, near the Gulf of Mexico. I can sit and listen to the sound of the waves for hours. But it’s not
December 31, 2023 – Luke 2:22-40, Isaiah 61:10-62:3, Psalm 148, Gal 4:4-7 On Christmas Eve, I spoke about “Mystery, Miracles, and the Unexpected.” And while it’s true that all three of those were in abundance at the birth of Jesus, also present were the very mundane things of daily life, including working men dirty from
Luke 1:26-38 – December 24, 2023, Christmas Eve Sermon Last year, right around this time, I heard the most amazing story. It was posted to Facebook by a friend’s wife, Christie. This happened to her about 14 years ago, and she gave me permission to share it. Christie is a psychotherapist and this is her
