One bread. one cup. one love.

Click here to watch the sermon video. We love to rank things. I would bet that ranking things is the number one activity Americans enjoy...

Isaiah recounts his call to service as a prophet of the Lord. The setting is grand. That is an understatement for this description of the...

I am going to start by breaking a rule. Happy St. Patrick’s Day! This is a holy day that I never miss. You would not miss it either if...

The preacher man says it’s the end of time And the Mississippi River she’s a-goin’ dry The interest is up and the Stock Market’s down And...

Before I start, I want to be sure to invite you to a celebration of a wedding. You don’t need to dress up. You really don’t need to make...

I suppose it is our familiarity with the story of Jacob that keeps us from rolling with laughter into the aisle when we hear today’s...

In the beginning, there was the god of fresh water, Apsu, and the goddess of salt water, Tiamet. Apsu and Tiamet mingled their waters and...

Welcome to Super Bowl Sunday! I know the church has long been threatened by football, with the congregations’ eyes on their watches as...

In the house the wise men placed the gold and incense next to the child. Mary pondered these gifts as Joseph thanked the visitors from...

Luke’s gospel reading today is a bit of a puzzlement. The rich man’s manager has done a poor job managing. The rich man summons the...

One of my great joys in life has been summer reading. While in school, I had my schoolbooks. I was sorely challenged to read all I was...

I am going to let you in on a secret. As a deacon, if I had the choice of serving at a wedding or serving at a funeral, I would pick the...

Before my younger daughter Holly got her driver’s license and no longer needed me to transport her, I had listened to a lot of her music....

I will confess that I had a pretty good pun—maybe two pretty good puns—with which to begin this sermon. I found I could not crack a joke...

One of the great joys of the Easter season is its joyful contrast with Lent. Color has returned to the church. It feels great to...