Easter Day Sermon 2020

So often we get caught up in the moment, as we become too busy to really see what we see and really hear what we hear. The busyness of life pushes us more and more, until we are living for the purpose of simply keeping up, with all of the demands of this life. Sometimes…

Septuagesima 2019 Do we run all of the race that is set before, or just part and then quit? (Are we running in the right race?) Just how many races are you running? Are we wiser, you know, smarter than others? Is our understanding of right and wrong true, proving our intellectual prow-ess? What motivates,…

TEXT: SAINT JOHN 20: 19 – 23 A week ago we celebrated the resurrection. There comes a time, however, when we must live the resurrection. That is not always easy. There are days when we prefer to just stay in bed, pull the covers over our head, and close out the world. Some days it…

The parable of the Pharisee and tax-collector is about two men praying. Much can be said about Christian prayer. The main emphasis today is on the mental and spiritual attitudes for prayer- and by extension, about attitudes for all of life. Like the two sons in the Parable of the Prodigal Son two weeks ago,…