Sermons

Psalm 24; 2 Samuel 5:1-21 July 25, 2021 Creating a Capital for Israel There is something you must know about me.  If the Olympics are going on, I am going to talk about them.  I love the Olympics, not because I am necessarily some kind of super sports nut, because I...

Psalm 48; 2 Samuel 1:1, 17-27 July 18, 2021 Expressing our Hurting Hearts It is deeply difficult to appreciate just how profound and dramatic and chaotic change can be sometimes, even if we are expecting it, even if we are looking forward to it. Terribly difficult...

Psalm 130; 1 Samuel 17:55-18:16 July 4, 2021 Facing Adversity as Christians in a Nation   [Bring the flag stand up to the pulpit.] This may be a bit of a surprising thing to do today.  At least, I am counting on it being a surprise or strange thing to do, perhaps...

Psalm 133; I Samuel 15:34-16:13 June 27, 2021 A new king for Israel It should be common sense that everyone wants to feel important, everyone wants to matter, everyone wants to mean something in this world.  We cultivate relationships that give us this value.  Some of...

The first reading was not recorded.  Sorry.  The recording begins with the special music. Psalm 20; 1 Samuel 9:1-10, 15-21, 10:1a June 20, 2021 The beginning of Israel’s Kings I do not remember the day that I realized my parents were only human, that they did not have...

Psalm 2; 1 Samuel 8:1-20 June 13, 2021 To whom do we look for our help and salvation? I’m not sure if you have been paying much attention to the news these days – of course, there is so much news that it is hard to take it all in, but right now there is a big push to...

1 Samuel 1:1-22; 1 Samuel 3:1-14 June 6, 2021 Being a Called People/A Journey into the Samuel books Have you ever gotten a call that you were not expecting?  I have a feeling you probably have.  Sometimes they are good surprises like a new baby coming into the family;...

Psalm 139:1-18; Ephesians 4:1-6, 25-32 May 23, 2021 Living into the Body of Christ The body is a good thing… until it isn’t.  That is a fair bit of an oversimplification, but George Burns captured some of the spirit of this when he shared in his later years that “When...