Fire and water

Fire and water (Click on the sermon title for a .pdf copy)
Isaiah 43:1-7
January 10, 2016

Do not be afraid.  I am with you.  You are mine.

Maybe you’re afraid of the unknown.

Maybe you’re afraid of the future because it is unknown.  Because you don’t know what will happen to you or to those you love.  Because you can’t foresee or forestall any of the calamities that might overtake you. … Continue reading ...

This is our chance!

This is our chance! (Click on the sermon title for .pdf copy)
Luke 21:5-19
November 13, 2016

This is our chance.

There are many angry people out there right now, some angry about the outcome of this election, and others whose anger helped propel the outcome of this election.

This is our chance.

There are many frightened people out there right now, some frightened by what might be done to us, by extremists foreign-born or homegrown, and others frightened by what we might do, by the ways our own brand of extremism may make the world a more dangerous and inhospitable place.… Continue reading ...