Gifts by Association – Twentieth Sunday After Pentecost (Acts 16:14-18)
Today our scripture reading comes to us from the book of Acts. It is appropriate, because our sermon theme lately has been Harvesting God’s Gifts. Using what God has blessed […]
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…Look Inside and See All the People – Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost (Matthew 4:18-22)
Alright, since I’ve teased it in the sermon titles the last couple of weeks, let’s go ahead and say that old church rhyme together. If you know them and want […]
Here is the Church. Here is the Steeple… – Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost (Ephesians 2:19-22)
At 10 am on the morning of June 18th, 1978 members of Central Woodward Christian Church gathered in the sanctuary of their church building located on the corner of Woodward […]
How We Think About Abundance – Seventeenth Sunday After Pentecost (Philippians 1:3-6, 9-11)
Spiritual teacher Meister Eckhart wrote, “If the only prayer you ever say in your life is ‘thank you’ that would be sufficient.” Perhaps you find this to be true. Maybe […]
The Life That Is Really Life – Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost (1 Timothy 6: 6-19)
Last week we heard a parable about being dishonest with money, this week a pastoral letter about the trouble with money. In the reading last week, we heard the phrase […]
Another Parable About Money – Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost (Luke 16: 1-13)
So, what was that parable about? It’s a tricky one. You may remember that last week we heard the parable of the Lost Sheep which is a very well-known parable, […]
I’ve Been Looking All Over – Fourteenth Sunday After Pentecost (Luke 15:1-10)
Some Biblical texts are just hard to preach. Maybe that goes without saying. Some of them are hard to preach because they are dense and hard to decipher meaning from. […]
How Much? – Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost (Luke 14:25-33)
I don’t know about you, but for me, it is almost always uncomfortable when I have to ask someone the question, “How much?” As in, “How much money is this […]
God Calls a Prophet – Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost (Jeremiah 1: 4-10)
Earlier this month, I was watching my favorite Baseball team, the Chicago Cubs, playing a series of games in St. Louis against their rival the Cardinals. During the course of […]