Jim Bundy

Scriptures: Mark 1:12-13 I originally thought I would be taking a little different approach to the sermon this morning from what it turns out I am taking. I won’t bother to take any time telling you what that other approach was since that would mean that I was talking about this other thing that I … Read more

Scripture: Genesis 1:26-27; Isaiah 66:7-13 I have to warn you that I expect my words this morning to be somewhat unsatisfying. They are unsatisfying to me. Unsatisfying like when you sit through an hour television show and at the end it says, “Continued next week”. I didn’t start out to do a two-part sermon, but … Read more

Scripture: Psalm 84 and Acts 8:26-35 I lied. I said last week that I had resisted the temptation to make last week’s sermon part two of a three part sermon. That wasn’t exactly a lie because I thought it was true at the time, but I came to writing the sermon for this week and … Read more

Scripture: Luke 24:1-12 and John 20:11-18 Before I get to Easter, I have some unfinished business I have to attend to left over from last week.  It was Palm Sunday, and I said right at the beginning that it was important not to just skip from one celebration to another, from Palm Sunday to Easter, … Read more

Scriptures: Acts 3:1-9; 2Corinthians 8:8-15 This is a two point sermon. Many of my colleagues in ministry think that sermons are supposed to have three points, although I’m not really sure where they got the idea. In my schooling I was never told that sermons should have three points, and I always felt that the … Read more

Scripture: Exodus 1:18-25 A few weeks ago Lee Walters asked me if I’d like her involvement in planning the worship service for Mother’s Day, today. That’s one of those questions—like when Cathy Bollinger asked if it would be o.k. for her and Mary Gordon Hall to sing in church sometime—one of those questions that you … Read more

Scripture: Luke 18:1-8 I didn’t intend to do a standard sermon this morning, that is to occupy a 15-20 minute block of time in the middle of the service. When I heard that the Charlottesville Women’s Choir would be able to be with us in worship today, and that they would be up for singing … Read more

Scripture: John 15:9-17 This is Memorial Day weekend, and we will take time to acknowledge that occasion and whatever feelings may accompany it, during prayer time today. I want to begin the sermon though by memorializing someone who was not a soldier. On April 27 of this year, four weeks ago, a theologian died. Her … Read more

Scripture: Acts 1:1-11 I jokingly asked Ava what I should preach on this Sunday and she, I think jokingly, said, “Well, the last two Sundays you’ve preached on ‘Learning To Say No’ and then ‘Learning To Say Yes’. Seems like it’s time for a sermon on maybe.” I was tempted. “Learning To Say Maybe” is … Read more

Scripture: Acts 2:1-13 My subject today is unmanageable. It’s unmanageable in the sense that most sermon topics are unmanageable, that is, it’s too large a topic to deal with in a few minutes on a Sunday morning. It’s unmanageable also not just in the sense that the topic is unmanageable but the reality is unmanageable, … Read more