Sermons

NRSV MARK 10:2-16 10 He left that place and went to the region of Judea and beyond the Jordan. And crowds again gathered around him; and, as was his custom, he again taught them. 2 Some Pharisees came, and to test him they asked, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his...

I want to do things a little differently this morning.  Usually I read the Bible passages first, and then delve into what I think they may be saying to us in our time.  That’s the way it works in our faith tradition – one of the marks of the true church, along with it...

NRSV JAMES 3:13-4:3, 7-8a 13 Who is wise and understanding among you? Show by your good life that your works are done with gentleness born of wisdom. 14 But if you have bitter envy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not be boastful and false to the truth. 15 Such...

NRSV PROVERBS 1:20-33 20 Wisdom cries out in the street; in the squares she raises her voice. 21 At the busiest corner she cries out; at the entrance of the city gates she speaks: 22 “How long, O simple ones, will you love being simple? How long will scoffers delight...

NRSV MARK 7:24-37 24 From there he set out and went away to the region of Tyre. He entered a house and did not want anyone to know he was there. Yet he could not escape notice, 25 but a woman whose little daughter had an unclean spirit immediately heard about him, and...