Matthew 16:21-28 Scott Peck recalls the story of a monastery that had fallen upon hard times. He writes: “Once a great order, as a result...

Text: John 6:24-35 Only recently have I been able to listen again to the inspired music of Les Miserables. Between taking my children and...

Text: Romans 12:9-18 For the list lovers among us, we’ve got a friend in the Apostle Paul. For eleven dense, complex chapters, Paul...

Text: Matthew 13:1-9 Tradition calls this “The parable of the Sower.” Most sermons, though, preach this story as the “parable of the...

[The sermon today is told in the first person from the vantage point of Philemon, a friend of the Apostle Paul. Paul writes to Philemon...

Text: Matthew 13:31-32 I love word puzzles. Not that I am particularly skilled at solving them, but I love them anyway. That is surely...

Text: Acts 10:1-15 This Wall is not composed of a lovely stack of stones surrounding a flower garden. This Wall is a huge construction of...

Matthew 16:13-20 Jennell and I stood in the mountain village of Trou Jacques on the island of La Gonave off the mainland of Haiti. We...