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Series: “Guess Whose Coming to Town?” #4: “I’m Telling You Why” Luke 2:8-20 (NLT) – read by liturgist John 4:25-26,28-30,39-42 (NLT) – read by pastor Our second lesson is a portion of the story of the Woman at the Well (from the 4th chapter of John): 25 The woman said, “I know the Messiah is coming—the […]
Advent Series: Guess Who’s Coming to Town? #3: You Better Not Pout Matthew 2:1-12 (NLT) “Oh – You better watch out, you better not cry, you better not pout…” Today is the third Sunday of Advent, and so we are continuing our preparations for the coming – not of Santa Claus, of course, but the […]
Advent Series: Guess Who’s Coming to Town? #2 – “You Better Not Cry” Ps. 30:4-5,11-12; John 16:20-22 (NRSV) On this second Sunday in the Season of Advent, we are continuing our reflections, inspired by that familiar Christmas song, “Santa Claus is Coming to Town.” As I was listening to that song, I was struck by […]
Advent Series: Guess Who’s Coming to Town? #1 – “You Better Watch Out!” Mark 13:26-27, 32-37 Thanksgiving is over – all except for the turkey sandwiches, turkey salads, and turkey casseroles. Now we are about to turn our calendars and focus our attention to getting ready for Christmas. Of course, the stores of America have […]
“The Litmus Test of Pure Religion” James 1:27 (Holman Christian Standard Bible) “Pure and undefiled religion before our God and Father is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself unstained by the world.” ———— As you know, I came to be your pastor about a year and a […]
#4: Becoming Everything That We Can Be Series: Making the Main Thing the Main Thing Philippians 2:12b-13 (NRSV) “Be – All that you can be.” Anybody remember whose slogan that was? Yes, the US Army. The Army launched that ad campaign back in 1981, and for more than three decades, encouraged young men and women […]
Series: “Keeping the Main thing the Main Thing” #3: Brochure or Blueprint? (1 Corinthians 3:10-13) For decades, the Gallup poll organization has been surveying ordinary citizens in order to get a snapshot of American culture and trends. Sixteen years ago, in one of their surveys about the role religion plays in people’s lives, they asked […]
2: “The MO of a Disciple” Series: Making the Main Thing the Main Thing Colossians 3:12-17 and John 13:34-35 As you will know (if you were in worship last Sunday), during the next few weeks, we are exploring what it means for us to “keep the main thing the main thing” – to always keep […]
1: The Prime Directive Series: Making The Main Thing The Main Thing Matthew 28:16-20 (NRSV) Believe it or not when I was a young person I was a “Trekkie.” Some you know what I mean by that. I was of the generation of young people that arranged their schedule so they would never miss watching […]