If you have been following me for any length of time in this blog or in any of the churches I have preached in then you know two things about me.* First, I like sermon titles that are questions and second, I like to talk about spiritual gifts; this Sunday we got both! There is…
We are “required” to consider Jesus’ baptism every year. The first Sunday after Epiphany is called the Baptism of our Lord Sunday, so it is more or less inescapable; but why? Why is this in the church calendar and given its own Sunday? Why do we we need to revisit something like this every year?…
It is the first Sunday in the new calendar year and it seemed like a good idea to take a look at beginning things. This time of the year is when we, and by “we” I mean lots of people if not necessarily me, make resolutions; we begin something new. For some it is all…