Monthly Archives: March, 2014
March 30, 2014, Lent 4 – The Song of Judgment
To listen to this sermon, click here: 130930_001 Yesterday the Youth Group went to see the new movie version of the story of “Noah”. It is definitely a modern take on the story, and Aronofsky, the director went beyond taking liberties with the story; he basically re-invented it, complete with rock monsters and epic battle …
March 23, 2014, Lent 3 – Washing Away History
To listen to this sermon, click here: 130923_001 People tend to go through life lugging the burden of human history on their backs. No matter who you are, in some way or in many ways the events of the past intrude themselves into your present. On a global scale, we can see that with warfare …
March 16, 2014, Lent 2 – Being Born
To listen to this sermon, click here: 130916_001 Three of our children have had birthdays in the last week, so Carroll and I have been doing a lot of remembering about those days all those years ago when our sons Gabe and Isaac and Colin came into the world. You know we have had ten …
Why do we worship on Sunday, instead of on the Sabbath?
An answer to a friend’s question – I thought others might also wonder…. You asked about the practice of holding church on Sunday, the first day of the week, rather than on Saturday, the Sabbath day, as the Jewish practice used to be. I want to give you a good and careful answer, because I …
March 9, 2014, Lent 1 – The One Who Knows Us
To listen to this sermon, click here: 130909_001 There are two kinds of people in the world: people who spend a lot of time and energy every day worrying about their weight, and people who don’t have to worry about it. The first group of people fight a continual battle with the temptation to eat …
March 5, 2014, Ash Wednesday – Unpacking for the Journey
To listen to this sermon, click here: 130906_001 The complete text of the sermon is not available, but here is an outline: Packing for a trip – depends on how you are traveling — car, train, plane Lent is a journey of the heart, an inner journey, a private journey the Father, who sees in …
March 2, 2014, Last Sunday of Epiphany – Mountain Top Experiences
To listen to the sermon, click here: 130902_001 Christianity is a very down-to-earth faith. We live our Christian lives in the stress and rush of the day-to-day world. We practice being disciples of Christ in our relationships with family and friends, in our work, in our illnesses and all the other troubles and complications of …
A Meditation on the Transfiguration
As I returned home once, several years ago, from a particularly uplifting retreat, my arms full of dirty laundry, it seemed to me that my face must be shining at least a little bit like Moses emerging from one of his face-to-face conversations with God. I was back among the people I love and share …
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