Texts: After John had been arrested, Jesus went into Galilee. There he proclaimed the Good News from God. 'The time has come,' he said, 'and the kingdom of God is close at hand. Repent, and believe the Good News.' As he was walking along by the Sea of Galilee he saw Simon and his brother…

I was of the original mind that I would read a sermon of King's, in honor of his birthday. I have decided against that for two reasons – first, his sermons are long – they're great, and I don't think you would be bored, except that it's hard enough to preach someone else's sermon –…

Texts:  Matthew 2:1-12 “And I am everywhere, because I am a ray of light whose light has shone in this world from the majesty of my Father, who has sent me to fulfill everything that was spoken about me in the entire world and in every land by unspeakable mysteries, and to accomplish the commandment…

Someone was recently asked, in one of the innumerable year-end summaries that our news outlets are prone to do this time of year, to summarize 2010 in a sentence.  She gave one word -- mean.  No doubt from a political perspective 2010 had plenty of meanness.  Here, at the fresh start of a new year,…

A story on the news last week told of a Methodist church in central Texas who has staged an “extravagant living nativity” every year out under the stars. Instead of having their pastor stand out in the cold, the use a 1959 recording of Perry Como narrating the story. “Yes, the three men on the…