Sermons

Everything, except for God, has to begin somewhere and sometime. This includes the church. Not only did whatever church you may worship in have to begin sometime it had to have a place where it began. This is not revolutionary, it is common sense. The Day of Pentecost is when the church as we know it ...

Asking why someone writes, or wrote, is a tricky question. I am a writer and I don’t always have a good answer to this question. When we start asking the question about people who have been dead for any length of time, let alone hundreds and hundreds of years a satisfactory answer may simply not ...

It is a rare person who never doubts what they know about themselves. We all need reassurance in something at some time. We might need to be reminded we are good parent/sibling/child/. . . . We know these things but we don’t feel them at the moment. It is common for people who are in a ...

So do we even need to ask this question? For that matter, does it have an answer? Surely God is too big, too much, to fit into such a simple question. Well of course this is the case. The question isn’t intended to get at an exhaustive answer as that is beyond us. Rather, the question ...

There are always things curious people want to know. The most curious of people, namely toddlers, reportedly can ask up to 400 questions a day . . . this comes as no surprise to anyone who has cared for a toddler. Those of us who are no longer toddlers may not have as many questions ...

There is something fundamental about the human desire to know things. Let me take a moment to assure you, if needed, that you are always “allowed” to ask questions, even about and to God. We each have things of special interest to us but there are some things with a wider appeal. The three readings from ...

If this Sunday was closer to the Fourth of July I might have thought to play around with John’s declaration of non-independence but I only thought of it now so we are stuck with what I was thinking before. John is not the most opaque writer in the Bible but he definitely makes the short list. ...

Everyone likes good news. Whether it is a profound as the safe delivery of a new baby or as simple as the news your team won a game; we all like to hear good things. Today is Easter Sunday also called Resurrection of the Lord. Jesus’ resurrection is good news. New Testament Greek has a single ...

Is there any day, at least on the initial look, less well named than Good Friday? If there is, I can’t think of it off the top of my head. This is the first time I have been in a position to lead a Good Friday service in many years. I am very glad I was ...

Celebration is a good thing so why would I be asking if it is okay to celebrate? I assure you I am not crazy. It is a question worth asking today, Palm Sunday, as we are on the cusp of Holy Week. Is it okay to celebrate Jesus’ triumphant arrival in Jerusalem when we know ...