Text: Mark 1:14-20 Several years ago, I had a conversation with Tom, as he was considering taking the position of Christian Education director of the church. I said to him that, while I find the job of Christian education to young children terribly important, I did not know how to do it. The problem was…
May 15 – All that is Important to Humanity
I ask therefore that turning from all that is usually called religion you aim your attention only at these individual intimations and moods that you will find in all expressions and noble deeds of God-inspired persons. If you then discover nothing new and pertinent even in the particular, as I hope may occur despite your…
Living in the Mess, Hoping for Grace
John 20:19-31 Dietrich Bonhoeffer -- "When a man takes guilt upon himself in responsibility, he imputes his guilt to himself and no one else. He answers for it . . . Before other men he is justified by dire necessity; before himself he is acquitted by his conscience, but before God he hopes only for…
Finding a Middle Ground – J. Loewer
The following sermon was preached by Jeremy Loewer -- a 10th grader who was confirmed on Sunday, May 1, 2011 Thank you Jeremy! Finding a Middle Ground When I asked Peter what God thinks of our past actions as a species, he replied with the question “Does God, Think at all?” God is a topic…
Keeping Easter
I was driving home from Maine several years ago on Route 2. As you know it's not easy going. And when it's tourist season, as it was, it can be really tough, especially if you are in a hurry, as I happened to be. I got behind a very large RV just this side of…