Sermon: Awakened – First Sunday of Advent (Matthew 24:36-44)
In our scripture reading this morning Jesus tells us that we will not know the day or the hour of arrival of the Son of Man. That may true. We […]
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Mind Your Own Business – Twenty Third Sunday After Pentecost (2 Thessalonians 3:6-13)
As we approach this text from 2 Thessalonians this morning, I will remind you all of something that one of my ministry mentors reminded me of often. Reading and preaching […]
Like a Good Neighbor – Twenty-First Sunday After Pentecost (Romans 15:1-6)
For a few years, a little less than a ten years ago, on Thursday mornings you would usually find me driving to the hair dresser. I did this because on […]
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 […]
…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. […]