Jim Bundy

Scripture: Exodus 3:7-14, 4:9-13 People have been asking me quite a bit recently how I am doing, how I am feeling.  Not that people never inquired after my wellbeing before, but since September 11 I have often had the feeling that when I’m exchanging greetings with people and someone asks me, “And how are you … Read more

Scripture: Exodus 17:1-7 Speaking to you this morning about our trip to Scotland seemed to me a little bit like the sermonic equivalent of inviting you over to our house to see the slides.  I had thought I would spare you that this morning.  I found though that as I thought about what I wanted … Read more

Scripture: Exodus 25:1-22 I chose a scripture this morning that may have caused you to wonder why I would choose it, and that I admit is somewhat obscure.  There are many well-known stories in Exodus.  This is not one of them. What I have to say, I hope will not be obscure.  In my mind, … Read more

Scripture: John 1:1-5, 14 I usually start to write my sermons on Friday mornings.  That means that sometimes, when I can, I spend a portion of Thursday evening in a kind of meditative mode, just being quiet and gathering my thoughts so that I can get off to a good start the next morning.   … Read more

Scripture: Isaiah 40 and Matthew 5:1-10 Many of you know Janet Legro, a former active member of this congregation, and now pastor of Mt. Olivet United Church of Christ in Dyke.  Janet and I and Tina Cox, a Presbyterian pastor serving a church in Gordonsville, get together for a morning cup of coffee on a … Read more

Scriptures: Psalm 85: 8-13, Jeremiah 6:13-14, Luke 1:46-55 I have a different kind of message this morning, and some of it may not sound very spiritual.  When I say different I mean different from my approach of the last two Sundays.  As most of you know by now, our theme for Advent is “things that … Read more

Scripture: Matthew 2:1-12 When I tried, some weeks ago, to imagine what I might want to talk about on this Sunday nearest to Christmas, the word Sabbath came to my mind.  Not an obvious thing to be thinking about in connection with Christmas maybe, not an obvious title for a Christmas sermon: Sabbath.  But at … Read more

Scripture: Mark 9:14-29 The scripture reading for today helped me to become a Christian, and over the years I have thought of it often and preached on it often.  It’s because of what the father of the child who is possessed by a demon says when Jesus tells him that all things are possible for … Read more

Scripture: Romans 12:1-15 I’m thinking today about this congregation.  I’m exercising the luxury of doing that since it’s the day of our congregational meeting, and it seems appropriate to think of the congregation on such a day.  But I’m also thinking it is a luxury and one that I don’t want to exercise very often, … Read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:38-48 Those of you who have been listening to me preach for a while know that it’s not uncommon for me to commit myself to preaching on a subject without knowing ahead of time what I intend to say about that subject.  This morning is one of those occasions.   Knowing that Martin … Read more