Prayers Covenant Renewal Prayer 4 Jan 2021February 11, 2021 Here is the text of yesterday's Covenant Renewal Prayer for those who have requested it: Opening PrayerO God, Searcher of our hearts,You have formed us as a people and claimed…
sermons I Want Baby Jesus | Christmas Eve 24 Dec 2020February 11, 2021 One night at the children’s play, a baby sister grew agitated. She was at that precarious age of being old enough to walk but not old enough to stay out…
sermons An Ordinary Human 20 Dec 2020December 16, 2020 Silent Night, Holy Night, all is calm, all is bright, round yon virgin mother and child, holy infant so tender and mild, sleep in heavenly peace, sleep in heavenly peace. …
sermons Friendship: A Thrill of Hope 13 Dec 2020December 10, 2020 A thrill of hope, the weary world rejoices. Christina Rossetti sat at her home. This English poet of moderate fame had published many poems before in her life, mostly focused…
sermons Let there be peace on earth, and let it begin with me 6 Dec 2020December 2, 2020 Let there be peace on earth and let it begin with me. I bet you can hear the song in your head. Let there be peace on earth and let…
sermons Longing for Christmas 29 Nov 2020 Yet, in thy dark streets shineth the everlasting light. Phillips Brooks sat on horseback atop a hillside. This episcopal priest from New England had come to visit the Holy Land.…
sermons Thanksgiving 22 Nov 2020November 11, 2020 Our first married Thanksgiving, we decided to host both of our parents. At the time, we lived in Virginia in a tiny, three hundred square foot apartment. I was managing…
sermons Lead with Encouragement 15 Nov 2020November 15, 2020 There were once two brothers who couldn’t have been more different. One was always cheerful, the other always grumpy. Their parents worried about them both, thinking that they needed to…
sermons People are Talking 8 Nov 2020October 29, 2020 Who are you? Seems like a simple enough question. Until you get asked it. Consider the last time you interviewed. Almost certainly, the opening question was, “tell us a little…
sermons Weary 1 Nov 2020November 1, 2020 The election is in two days. Having heard that, what was your primary emotional reaction? Based on conversations I frequently had his week, my guess is dread, exhaustion, discouragement, fatigue,…
sermons God Works Through the Unexpected 25 Oct 2020October 23, 2020 “There is a story about three farmers whose fields were adjoined. One was Jewish, one Muslim, and one Christian. Each observed the Sabbath on a different day of the week.…
sermons God will because God has 18 Oct 2020October 15, 2020 Wine makes a lot of byproducts. There’s a cycle of destruction and transformation to the wine-making process. The yeast produces a chemical reaction that destroys molecules. That process of destruction…
sermons Boundaries 11 Oct 2020October 8, 2020 When I was a child, I had a big wheel. You remember big wheels? Those were the best. They were like a low-rider tricycle, made of plastic. I went everywhere…
sermons The End Times 4 Oct 2020October 1, 2020 In Central Asia, a war is raging. Across the part of China formerly known as Tibet, China is slowly destroying mosques and other Islamic holy sites as it imprisons Muslim…
sermons Keep Watch 27 Sep 2020September 24, 2020 Keep watch. Right now, I’m keeping watch on the rear, passenger-side, tire of the convertible. A few weeks ago, I came out and found it flat. I took it to…
sermons Winter is Coming 20 Sep 2020 Winter is coming. Temperatures are falling, leaves are just starting to change colors; we can all feel instinctually the changing of the seasons. One day, not so far from now,…
sermons Are We Living in the End Times? 13 Sep 2020September 13, 2020 Near the Mukhpari peak, a few rounds were fired across the LAC, the Line of Actual Control. These are the first shots fired in forty-five years and represent just the…
sermons Eat, Drink, and Be Merry 6 Sep 2020September 3, 2020 On a beautiful, sunny, afternoon on a beach vacation a few years ago, I noticed some kids, about twelve, skim boarding. That’s where you throw a small surf board looking…
