Sermon preached Easter Sunday April 24, 2011
Text: John 20:1-18
John Updike was a well-respected American writer who died in January 2009. He had a wonderful gift for language. He could use his gift to evoke a smile. Updike was a golfer, and sometimes took up his pen to describe that experience, as in
… View MoreSermon preached Palm Sunday, April 17, 2011
Texts: Philippians 4:4-7; I Thessalonians 5:15-24
Poetry is not always the best way to begin a sermon. I know some, in fact, who would prefer never to hear it here or anywhere else – unless maybe the poem begins: “There once was a man from Niagara, who
… View MoreSermon preached April 10, 2011
Texts: Psalm 13; Job 17:6-7, 23:1-6
Play excerpt: Bessie Smith, “St. Louis Blues”
The blues. Some of us may like blues music. Many of us like music that has roots in the blues or intersects with the blues – rock ‘n’ roll, jazz, country. Whatever
… View MoreSermon preached April 3, 2011
Texts: I Kings 19:11-13
I am going to begin this morning by playing thirty seconds of a rather well-known piano piece composed by an American composer. (Thirty seconds of John Cage’s 4”33” – which is a silent composition).
That is the first thirty seconds of John Cage’s 4’33”.
Sermon preached March 27, 2011
Texts: James 5:13-18; Philippians 4:6-7; Matthew 7:7-11
So help me complete the phrase – “Like a good neighbor…. (State Farm is there).” Here is today’s trivia fact – this song was written by Barry Manilow in 1971. So how many of you have seen the recent State Farm commercials?
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