Weekly Sermons

I love the name of our church: Emmanuel. In Hebrew, it means “God is with us.” What a powerful name for a church. What better name could a church have? Emmanuel. God is with us.

Let it be. Let it be to me. Let it be to me according to Your will. In another translation (New Jerusalem), it says, “Let it happen to me as You have said.” Mary’s agreement

What a delightful pageant we saw from our young disciples today!  It helps to get their perspective on this season.  It’s Advent, a time when we look forward in anticipation to the birth of salvation. 

Will you join me in a prayer of St. Francis? God to enfold me, God to surround me, God in my speaking, God in my thinking. God in my sleeping, God in my waking, God

Will you join me in Luke 20:38 “Now the Lord is God, not of the dead, but of the living; for to God all of them are alive.” What does that mean? What does it

Yes, it is Stewardship season! In just 3 short weeks, we’ll be turning in our 2020 pledge cards- our promise to the well-being of our congregation: to the people beside us, to the beliefs which

True Confessions. I love the Lord of the Rings. Book, movie. Doesn’t matter. If I played video games, the Lord of the Rings would be my choice.  Has anyone ever NOT read or seen it?

The truth shall set us free. That’s what Jesus said, to encourage those who believed and wanted to follow Him. The truth shall set you free. Years ago I was friends with a young man

There’s a word I love in the Hebrew scriptures. It’s chesed. Chesed is faithful love. It’s not eros- erotic love. It’s not philia- like philanthropy- love of humankind in general. No, chesed looks more like

Do you all realize just how lucky you are that I am even here today?  Of course not.  But it’s true.  When I was growing up, I often heard my father’s story of how he