Rev. Timothy J. Ensworth
Signs and wonders (Click on the sermon title for a .pdf copy)
Acts 9:36-41
May 12, 2019
Oh, my! That’s what I said to myself when I saw that this was the lectionary text for this Sunday. Oh, my!
Peter said, “Get up,” to the dead woman … and she did.
Oh, my! What are we going to do with this?… Continue reading ...
Seeing Jesus (Click on the sermon title for a .pdf copy)
John 14:15-21
May 21, 2017
WWJD. What would Jesus do? You’ve probably heard the expression. You may have worn the bracelet. WWJD. What would Jesus do?
It’s a cue, a reminder, to frame the decisions we make and the actions we take in the context of Jesus’ way of thinking and acting. … Continue reading ...
And reconciling the world to yourself (Click on the sermon title for a .pdf copy)
Matthew 28:16-20
April 16, 2017
Irreconcilable differences. That is grounds for divorce in Iowa, the only grounds for divorce in Iowa. Irreconcilable differences. A relationship grown so divided, so distant, so broken, that it cannot be saved, that the partners cannot be reconciled. Irreconcilable differences. It is now the catch-all term for any number of factors contributing to the degradation of the relationship.… Continue reading ...
Be the church: share earthly and spiritual resources (Click on the sermon title for a .pdf copy)
Acts 4:32-35
April 12, 2015
[Play music video: “People Help the People” (Birdy)]
www.believersjournal.org/Movies/PeopleHelpthePeople.mov
and if I had a brain, oh and if I had a brain
I’d be cold as a stone and rich as the fool
that turned all those good hearts away
Lord, have mercy!… Continue reading ...