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...

Text: Psalm 92 There are 150 psalms in the Book of Psalms. Psalm 92 is the only one with the nickname, “a song for the Sabbath.” This...

Texts: Numbers 11:24-30; Acts 2:1-11 My favorite Pentecost prayer is not from a Presbyterian. It is not even from a Protestant. Pope...

Text: Acts 1:6-14 I tell this story with our daughter’s permission, though without a doubt, she would tell it differently. Our eldest...

Texts: Isaiah 52:7-10; I Timothy 4:11-15 Upon first sight of Juliet, Romeo says, “O, she doth teach the torches to burn bright! It seems...

Text: John 14:1-7 “Do not let your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me. 2 In my Father’s house there are many...