In this fourth installment of our "I Believe..." series exploring the Apostle's Creed, we see, amongst other things, why a mid-level political bureaucrat lives on in the most basic…
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In this fourth installment of our "I Believe..." series exploring the Apostle's Creed, we see, amongst other things, why a mid-level political bureaucrat lives on in the most basic…
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In this fourth installment of our "I Believe..." series exploring the Apostle's Creed, we see, amongst other things, why a mid-level political bureaucrat lives on in the most basic…
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The third installment of our series on the Apostle’s Creed, “I Believe…,” this week’s sermon points to the realities of what we proclaim as we say that we believe in…
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In the second of our series on the Apostle’s Creed, this week’s message gets us into the first part of the creed - “I believe in God, the Father almighty, creator of heaven and earth…” - and the understanding that any confession of faith of the believer has to…
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…[W]we found that, indeed, the text reminds the faithful the day of the Lord is coming soon…[R]ather than presenting this as a dire warning…[W]e saw it as a word of inspiration to the people of the church universal and eternal that there is still time to…
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…[W]e discover in some of the final words recorded in Revelation that hoping for heaven just to see loved ones again is at best incomplete, and pretty much not rooted in scripture…
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Using the inconvenience of church members who are asked to sit in a different place during worship today, we see that if we have so much trouble simply…
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Drawing on the experiences of our graduating seniors (who are referenced in several places in today's message) we are challenged to ask ourselves if…
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Through the words of this passage, we are confronted with the question of who or what it is that we…
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Looking at Revelation from another perspective, however, finds one discovering not a graphic, scary, fear-mongering…
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As we, yet again, approach this story on another Easter Sunday, is there anything new to discover? Well...
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Luke's narrative of the events of that great day almost 2,000 years ago contains words that are every bit as essential to our faith today as they were when first recorded. As we eavesdrop on Luke's conversation with…
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Luke's narrative of the events of that great day almost 2,000 years ago contains words that are every bit as essential to our faith today as they were when first recorded. As we eavesdrop on Luke's conversation with…
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As we come to worship our Lord and celebrate the sacrament of Holy Communion this week, there are just a few highlights from this passage that help to inform our understanding of…
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Oftentimes painted as a 'feel-good' uplifting story of God's love for those who have abandoned him, the converse to that narrative is Jesus is being…
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In these nine verses from Luke's gospel we discover as part of our Lenten journey that comparing ourselves to others or simply taking things as they see without looking at…
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Given all that, one can justifiably understand some of the religious folk being fearful of Christ's life when they bring him the message that Herod wants him killed. Jesus, of course, does not respond with fear, but instead…
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Understanding we are in a season of self-reflection, sacrifice, and prayerful study, this week the text will challenge us all to not reflect so much on the back-and-forth that Jesus has with the devil; rather, we may just discover…
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The ritual of tonight's service lends itself to the conflicting emotions of comfort and brutal honesty - comfort in knowing that we are engaging in a task that has it's roots in our faith going way back before Christ…
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