A house divided against itself

A house divided against itself (Click on the sermon title for a .pdf copy)
Mark 3:20-30, 4:35-41
January 21, 2018

I am distressed.

Last Monday, Jorge Garcia was deported to Mexico.  Jorge is thirty-nine years old, married with a fifteen-year-old daughter and a twelve-year-old son.  He was brought to the United States as a child thirty years ago by an undocumented relative. … Continue reading ...

That they may be one

That they may be one (Click on the sermon title for a .pdf copy)
John 17:1-11
May 28, 2017

Burma, Nicaragua, Liberia, Korea, and now Haiti. Why should we talk about Haiti? Because the people of Haiti need us? Yes. But that is only half of the story. We should talk about the people of Haiti because we need them.

Our group of travelers arrived in Port-au-Prince on a Friday night.… Continue reading ...

And shared our common lot

and shared our common lot
Matthew 25:31-46
April 2, 2017

Where was Jesus?  Eighty-some generations ago, when Jesus lived and worked in Palestine, where would you find him?

You would find him sitting by a well, starting up a conversation with a woman, a Samaritan woman, crossing ethnic and gender boundaries to ask from her a drink of water, and to offer her a drink of living water.… Continue reading ...

Servants of a generous God

Servants of a generous God (Click on the sermon tittle for a .pdf copy)
Matthew 20:1-16
September 21, 2014

Corina.  Zoe.  Emily.  Arlo.  McKenzie.  Jack.  Nevaeh.  Teddy.  Allison.

Who are these?

These are our children.  These are our children’s children.

What do we want for them?

We want them to be healthy.  We want them to be happy.  We want them to have opportunities and successes. … Continue reading ...

First things first

First things first (Click on the sermon title for a .pdf copy)
Luke 16:1-13
September 18, 2016

They say that there are three subjects you should never talk about in polite company: religion, politics, and money.  So, having noted that, today we are going to talk about all three!

We are going to talk about religion because that’s what we do here. … Continue reading ...