Monthly Archives: July, 2015

July 26, 2015 – Grace – The Big Picture

To listen to this sermon, click here:  111203_001 There was a movie that came out about 15 years ago called “Pay it Forward” that promoted a beautiful idea. In the movie, the 7th grade Social Studies teacher, Mr. Simonet, gives his class an assignment – one big assignment for the whole year – think of …

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July 19, 2015 – No More Walls

To listen to this sermon, click here:  111126_001 I almost always focus on the gospel reading each week, but this week I want to look more closely at the reading we heard from Paul’s letter to the church in Ephesus. It’s not a very long reading, so I hope you don’t mind – I’m going …

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July 12, 2015 – Born in Dysfunction

To listen to this sermon, click here: 111119_001 Having a large family, we had extra kids in our house a lot of the time. And one of the things I have noticed about our children’s friends is that as we got to know them, we could tell a lot about the household they came from. …

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July 5, 2015 – All Too Familiar

To listen to this sermon, click here: 111112_001 Imagine that a visiting preacher was coming to Norwood; you’ve seen posters all over town for months. And everybody’s been talking about him, because everybody knows somebody who went to see him when he was in Syracuse last year, and there are amazing stories going around about …

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