Sermon 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?
… View MoreSermon preached March 20, 2011
Texts: Psalm 46 (Hymnal page 780)
Play a bit of The Beatles “Sexy Sadie.” Do any of you know who that song is about? Do any of you remember the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi? How about Transcendental Meditation? Beginning in the mid to late 1960s, Eastern forms of meditation became
… View MoreSermon preached March 13, 2011
Texts: I Thessalonians 5:12-17; Romans 8:26-27; Psalm 42:1-6a
This first part is just for parents. How many of you ever heard your parents say to you, “Because I said so”? And how many of you determined, when you heard that, that you would never use that phrase with your
… View MoreSermon preached on Transfiguration Sunday March 6, 2011
Texts: Exodus 24:12-18; Matthew 17:1-9
What are some of the annual events in your life?
Every year there are things that roll around, and some bring us joy and some we dread. Last Sunday was the Oscars – the Academy Awards, our family enjoys those.