O Lord, you are our Father; we are the clay, and you are our potter; we are all the work of your hand. -Is 64:8 This week the leadership team of our church finished up our annual report, sent it yesterday via email and today has made copies available in the narthex for those without…
The Message translation of today’s Bible reading from the Prophet Isaiah is titled ‘God Is Leading You Out of Here,’ and goes on to exhort God’s people to wake up, throw off their chains and remember who they are. ‘God Is Leading You Out of Here.’ What a great sermon theme for our worship, as…
What God has joined together let no man tear asunder—Mt 19:6 The wedding industry is nearly a 74 billion-dollar industry in the United States and it has come to a crashing standstill due to Covid-19. Since our church runs a wedding venue business, we too have been hurt by this disruption. But we as Christians…
Beloved, we are God’s children now; what we will be has not yet been revealed. What we do know is this: when he is revealed, we will be like him, for we will see him as he is. –1 Jn 3:2 I’ve titled today’s sermon ‘firsts & worsts’, because in times like these of trial…
Once in Italy, a ninety-three-year-old man was hospitalized with an unforgiving disease. After courageously fighting for weeks, he was put on a respiratory machine and miraculously recovered after a short period of time. As he was about to be discharged, the hospital informed him that each day he had used the respiratory machine ended up…
“I am the bread of life; he who comes to me shall not hunger, and he who believes in me shall never thirst.”-Jn 6:35 The Gospel readings in this season of the church between Christmas and Lent spotlight Jesus as the sustainer of our lives; he turns water into wine, feeds the 5000 with a…
“A man had a fig tree growing in his vineyard, and he went to look for fruit on it but did not find any.” (Lk. 13:1-9) One day, one of Socrates’s friends asked him, “Do you know what your friend told me about you?” Socrates said, “Wait, before telling me what my friend told you,…