Today, together, we speak much of Psalm 51, David’s heart-felt prayer of confession, and of confidence in God’s forgiving grace. You know the story: Nathan came to David to confront him with the terrible sin to which David had fallen, resulting in the death of......
06 September, 2020We continue today with are Lenten Series “A Walk Through the 23rd Psalm”. In verse 3, David writes: “He restoreth my soul”….that’s forgiveness. Without forgiveness, without our souls’ being restored, we would be spiritually dead, total separated from God. Jesus hung on the Cross at......
03 March, 2021When Jesus said “I am the true vine” He was speaking right into the culture of His place and time. Wine was an integral part of life in Israel, served at the table, was in the temple, bought and sold as a staple of the......
02 May, 2021Today we conclude our Lenten Series, “A Walk Through the 23rd Psalm” by focusing on verse 6. David writes: “Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord Forever.” What a......
24 March, 2021We continue today with our Lenten Series “A Walk Through the 23rd Psalm”. In our walk together, today we unpack verse 4 which reads: “Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death” — that’s testing. “I will fear no evil” —......
10 March, 2021Shame on me, Lord but – I tend to think of “inheritance” as being, well, money… Am I the only one? In the opening slide today note the little boy is being read to from a book, a Golden Book, remember those? It was mine.......
03 January, 2021We continue today with our Lenten Series “A Walk Through the 23rd Psalm”. Today, in our walk together, we look to verse 5 which reads: “Thou prepares a table before me in the presence of mine enemies. Thou annointest my head with oil; My cup......
17 March, 2021Psalm 91, read this morning by Pastor Gary, begins: He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty. I will say to the Lord, “My refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.” Gee,......
21 June, 2020King David begins Psalm 27 by proclaiming: “The Lord is my light and my salvation — whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life — of whom shall I be afraid?” The Lord is the true light and strength in our......
20 September, 2020In today’s’ gospel, Matthew 10:34-42, are harsh words from Jesus to His apostles. They are a part of His preparation of them as He sends them out to preach, to heal, to announce that the kingdom of God is near. Read His words – and......
28 June, 2020Jesus speaks to us in language appropriate to His theme. In other words, we read Him speaking about things we cannot know using symbolic or representational words. As an example, today’s gospel is Matthew 13:24-30. Hear Him say: “The kingdom of heaven may be compared......
19 July, 2020You’ll remember from your art class how flat painting and even mosaic works appeared before Italian painters in the 15 century discovered how to add perspective to a flat canvass. The Flemish painters really developed the concept in the century following and now we just......
27 June, 2021Imagine Peter, James, and John as they descended Mount Tabor, with Jesus, after witnessing the Transfiguration. Their heads must have been reeling. And they couldn’t tell anyone! You know they must have huddled up privately to relive those moments, trying to understand what they had......
14 February, 2021
Welcome to a little different service this weekend! We have, in the Sanctuary, hundreds of bees. That’s right, God’s little creatures, intended by Him to serve his creation as pollinators, have chosen to inhabit our roof structure. Hundreds of the poor dears are flying into,......
02 August, 2020