Not Ours

Scripture: Psalm 24:1-6; 2Corinthians 7:9-10; Luke 3:7-10 I begin this morning with a dilemma. As you know I spent a good part of my sabbatical reading about, thinking about, connecting with Virginia Indians, past and present. When you do that, what I think is a vague awareness for many or most of us, that we … Read more

God and Church

Scripture: Romans 12:1-13 I want to say some words of appreciation on behalf of the church. Since it is a day when we have a congregational meeting and when we will receive some new members into the church, it is a day when it seems appropriate to lift up the church in prayer, and I … Read more

Encounters

Scripture: Exodus 24:12-18 and Matthew 17:1-9 I confess that when I started thinking about this sermon I wasn’t sure what direction I wanted to go. I didn’t have a topic at the front of my brain that I knew was going to be the core of the sermon, but there were three possibilities for preaching … Read more