Yesterday morning, we focused on the story of Abraham and Isaac from Genesis 18.  By no means an easy story to deal with and there was far more that could have been said and questions wrestled with than we were able to have time to do yesterday morning. Several people asked me for some more [...]

Read this post today from internetmonk.com and felt it was worth reposting.  Some excellent thoughts here as we continue to celebrate the Eastertide season.  Jesus is risen!  He is risen indeed! —— By Chaplain Mike. Many of us in our Christian traditions learned to celebrate Christ’s resurrection on a day—Easter Sunday. Easter is the great [...]

This week we are going to be focusing on the “water” that nurtures our faith journeys. I’ll be focusing pretty heavily on our regular interactions with Scripture. We as Presbyterians do not have a very good reputation (sadly, but honestly) for knowing our Bibles very well. Rather than analyzing what has been, its vital to [...]

My friend Doug posted the following on facebook yesterday from John Wesley… Do all the good you can, By all the means you can, In all the ways you can, In all the places you can, At all the times you can, To all the people you can, As long as ever you can. This [...]

Good Great All Three words that I think capture the essence of the message from the angels to the shepherds in the fields so many years ago.  The story is recorded in Luke 2:8-20. Good Great All captures so much for me what the coming of Jesus means in our lives – Good News of [...]

Several people have asked me about the Blue Christmas service we held Sunday afternoon.  Many had not heard of such a concept before and were curious about what we were doing in the service.  The crux of the service is a focus on those who struggle during this season.  In a season of the year [...]

As I shared in my message this morning about Shiphrah and Puah from Exodus 1, as we journey in our callings, as we respond with courage in the face of the challenges that come before us, we are reminded by Shiphrah and Puah that we do not journey alone.  We have our sisters and brothers [...]

Wrestling with the focus Scripture for this coming Sunday.  We are picking up where we left off in John 6 and this week going with verses 51-61. This is an extremely difficult passage to deal with because of the language that Jesus uses. Here’s the text from The Message: I am the Bread—living Bread!—who came [...]

Just a quick post for this morning…several people have asked about the list of passages from Philippians that I shared in worship on Sunday and wondered if they could get a copy of the list for their own use.  So, here it is Philippians Key Verses You can also view the whole sermon below:

This week, we are focusing on the side of Jesus that I have called “The Pray-er”.  Its not the best statement grammatically, but it does represent the fact that prayer was a core part of Jesus life and ministry.  Nearly thirty times in the four Gospels, Jesus is spoken of as praying or going to [...]