Sermon preached September 20, 2009
Text: Mark 9:30-37
I loved getting the Scholastic Book Club orders when I was in elementary school. Here is a favorite book of mine from the club from probably the fifth grade: The Greatest in Baseball. Here is another book from that same year, Baseball Stars, though this was
… View MoreSermon preached September 13, 2009
Do you ever read “Dilbert”? Friday’s was a good one. Dilbert’s boss, the blad guy with the pointy hair on the sides, introduces Dilbert to a new employee named Gabe. “Gabe was downsized when his last employer had financial troubles. I was lucky to hire him.” Dilbert responds, “Because they
… View MoreSermon preached September 6, 2009
Texts: Proverbs 22:1-2, 8-9, 22-23; James 2:1-7; Mark 7:24-30
Memory is fascinating. Why is it we remember some things and not others? Why do we remember so many seemingly odd details from years ago?
When I was a kid, my family owned one of those cabinet stereos, and
Sermon preached August 30, 2009
Texts: James 1:17-27; Mark 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23
There were two old bills having a conversation. One was a $100 dollar bill and the other was a $1 dollar bill. The $100 dollar bill said, “I’ve lived a good life. I’ve been to the amusement park, the theater, the zoo and
… View MoreSermon preached August 23, 2009
Text: Psalm 84
Today’s Psalm is a very happy psalm, a joyous song. It evokes sunshine and paying attention to beauty. We will get back to that, but first a detour, a difficult detour.
Not all the psalms are so sunny, as indicated in the prayer for today.