Sermons & Newsletter Articles

Mind the Gap

Year C Amos 6:1a,4-7 Psalm 146 1 Timothy 6:6-19 Luke 16:19-31May the words of my mouth O God…  speak your truth… On June 23, 2013…  34-year-old Nik Wallenda became the first person to walk a high wire…  across the Little Colorado River Gorge in Arizona…  Wallenda wasn’t wearing a safety harness as he made his way across the...

How Do We Reduce Our Debt?

Year C Amos 8:4-7 Psalm 113 Philippians 2:5-11 Luke 16:1-13 May the words of my mouth O God…  speak your truth… The passage…  the story…  in Luke’s Gospel…  just before today’s…  is the story of the Prodigal Son…  the son who was wasteful and extravagant… who spent money and resources freely and recklessly…  and who hits bottom…  so...

You Will Be Found

Year C Exodus 32:7-14 Psalm 51:1-11 1 Timothy 1:12-17 Luke 15:1-10 May the words of my mouth O God…  speak your truth… Have you ever…  before GPS…  driven somewhere and gotten lost…  have you ever gotten directions from someone who thought they knew where the new French bakery was…  but didn’t…  and you had to ask one or...

Seeing Fully

I was a late bloomer. Although it seemed at first that I was going to be a fast starter since I was born two months too soon, it took me a while to catch up. I started kindergarten a month before I turned five (when you were supposed to already be five) but needed some help...