Epiphany 5 traditional sermon It is interesting how from time to time things seem to focus your attention on a particular topic. You see, this very week, Pastor Craig had forgotten that he was going to be away on retreat this weekend when he made the schedule for teaching Cross Points. So he asked me…
Email Devotion Advent 2 And God is able to provide you with every blessing in abundance, so that by always having enough of everything, you may share abundantly in every good work. –2 Corinthians 9:8 Earlier this evening I returned home from church, where I had attended a final rehearsal with our children and youth…
email devotion all saints sunday If then there is any encouragement in Christ, any consolation from love, any sharing in the Spirit, any compassion and sympathy, make my joy complete: be of the same mind, having the same love, being in full accord and of one mind. (Philippians 2:1-2) A couple of weeks ago I…
Pentecost 21 New Day Sermon
Pentecost 16 New Day Sermon Jesus asks us to follow him, but there is a cost to this discipleship. Is the bar set too high?
PENTECOST 15 TRADITIONAL SERMON One of the candidates on my summer book reading list was David Whyte’s his delightful little book, Consolations: The Solace, Nourishment and Underlying Meaning of Everyday Words. He offers short but insightful considerations of 52 different ordinary words … think of it as a word a week for a year. If…
EMAIL DEVOTION PENTECOST 14 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. (1 Corinthians 1:3) Sometimes when I look at the world around me, all I seem to see is the posturing of politicians, the arrogance of athletes, the intolerance of church leaders, and the anger of people who…
