20180527 Sermon Rev Our journey through The Story includes 5 Sundays on 1 & 2 Kings.[1] We began with King Solomon who followed his father David as king over…
20180513 Sermon Rev What happens when it’s time to leave the nest? Let’s consider two stories – one is a fable, one is from the Bible. In the…
20180506 Sermon Rev On April 10, 1912, a passenger liner took off on its maiden voyage from England to New York City.[1] At 11:40 p.m. on April 14, just…
20180429 Sermon Rev Imagine with me a place where two large groups continually jockey for power over all the people in the region. Each group wants to set the…
20180422 Sermon Rev Last Sunday we looked at the stories of Samuel, Saul, and David as told in the book of Samuel. This week we begin the book of…
20180415 Sermon Rev This is the way I ended my sermon on November 26, 2017. With the story of Saul’s death and David’s rise, we end the first third…
20180401 Sermon Rev Last weekend I traveled to Illinois to visit family. It was rainy, windy, and cold when I arrived at the farm Friday evening. By morning it…
20180318 Sermon Rev The first 29 chapters of the book of Jeremiah are filled with doom and gloom. Through the prophet Jeremiah, God denounced the corruption of the people,…
20180311 Sermon I’m not quite sure what word best describes this story from Numbers. Quirky? Confusing? Confounding? Troubling? Actually, all of those work for me. Of course, we could use…
This is the third Sunday of Lent. Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, Black Saturday, and Easter Sunday are quickly approaching. During this time, we tend to think more about the cross…