Worship Sermons
“That’s Not Entertainment”
Date: Easter Sunday, April 8, 2012 Scripture: Mark 16:1-8 (NRSV) When the Sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices, so that they might go and anoint him. And very early on the first day of the week, when the sun had risen, […]
“Occupy Jerusalem”
April 1, 2012 – Palm Sunday Our Former District Superintendent and now Bishop Elaine Stanovsky posted on Facebook a picture of herself wearing a hoodie; in response, of course, for the killing of 12 year old Trayvon Martin in Florida some weeks ago. The story is not entirely clear; young […]
“Taking the Bible Seriously”
Scripture: Hebrews 5:5-10 (NRSV) What in God’s name is “the order of Melchizedek?” Did you hear that at the end of the reading? …and being made perfect he became the source of eternal salvation to all who obey him, being designated by God a high priest after the order […]
“Be Thou Our Wisdom”
Scripture: I Corinthians 1:18-25 Not too long ago a fellow parent in our community said to me, I never knew parenting would be so hard. That could have been any one of us – who have children. Before we have children we think of children in general but we never […]
“Into the Wild”
Scripture: Psalm 22:23-31 Date: March 4, 2012 For the majority of my time as a pastor/preacher I have followed the Lectionary; the Lectionary is a three-year cycle of scriptures that has developed over time to be a tradition of the Church. Each year we follow one of the gospels: Mark, […]
February 19, 2012 Sermon – “GOD’S BUCKET LIST”
Scripture: II Corinthians 4:3-6 Date: February 19, 2012 Do you remember the movie, Bucket List? It was about two terminally ill men who share a hospital room. One is a retired mechanic, Carter Chambers (played by Morgan Freeman). The other is the owner of the hospital, Edward Cole (Jack […]
February 12, 2012 Sermon “WARM INDIGNATION”
Scripture: Mark 1:40-45 Date: February 12, 2012 In one of my first classes in seminary the professor started talking about Africa and he suddenly and passionately said, “You’ve got to get angry!” Dean Freudenberger had been a missionary for many years in Africa. He had seen a great […]
February 5, 2012 Sermon “SERVANT OF ALL”
Scripture: I Corinthians 9:16-23 Date: February 5, 2012 Does anyone else feel that there are too many trophies today? I’m thinking of the little plastic trophies that every player gets at the end of every season: baseball, soccer, basketball. When Aaron was young, I had to clean our house […]
January 29, 2012 Sermon “SAVED INTO COMMUNION”
Scripture: I Corinthians 8:1-13 Date: January 29, 2012 The lectionary text from I Corinthians for this Sunday needs a little explanation to be understood. It was believed by many including those in Paul’s communities that eating meat that had been sacrificed to some other god would be harmful to […]