Sermons & Newsletter Articles

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...

Contract or Covenant

Year C Sirach 10:12-18 Psalm 112 Hebrews 13:1-8, 15-16 Luke 14:1, 7-14 May the words of my mouth O God…  speak your truth… I’m guilty…  I’ve gotten better…  but sometimes…  when I’m invited to an open house…  a party…  a wedding…  or a family member’s Bar or Bat Mitzvah…  I wonder who else has been invited…  I compare...