Our story of focus comes from the Book of Esther, beginning in the 5th chapter-7 chapter Let us Pray: May the words of my mouth and the mediations of all our hearts, be acceptable unto you O Lord our rock and our redeemer. Amen. Edward Everett Hale once said, “I am only one, but I [...]
Lesson for the day: Acts 16:11-15 Let us Pray: May the Words of my mouth and the meditations of all our hearts be acceptable unto you O Lord Our Rock and Our Redeemer. Amen. Recently the Washington Post had an editorial called the Holy Boldness of Women. The article focused on the important role women [...]
Let us Pray: May the words of my mouth and the meditations of all our hearts be acceptable unto you O Lord our Rock and Our Redeemer. Amen. I have never really fully enjoyed the beauty of “Inside the Actors Studio” until, James Lipton had the cast of Family Guy on his show. They are [...]
If I could give you one thing on this day, it would simply be this—the ability to recognize what you already have. Some of you have heard me tell this little story before—but it’s important enough to be told again… The student asks, “Where should I look for enlightenment?” The master [...]
cts 8:26-38 Philip and the Ethiopian Eunuch Then an angel of the Lord said to Philip, ‘Get up and go towards the south to the road that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza.’ (This is a wilderness road.) So he got up and went. Now there was an Ethiopian eunuch, a court official of the [...]
Meanwhile Saul, still breathing threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest and asked him for letters to the synagogues at Damascus, so that if he found any who belonged to the Way, men or women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem. Now as he was going along [...]
Sermon by Anna Theded Luke 16:19-31 Wow! Now that is some scary Gospel lessons isn’t it? Lets take a minute and think about what we just heard: there were once two men. The first man is rich. He has everything he could want. He was very well dressed. He has plenty of food. He is [...]
Luke 24:18-31 Then one of them, whose name was Cleopas, answered him, ‘Are you the only stranger in Jerusalem who does not know the things that have taken place there in these days?’ He asked them, ‘What things?’ They replied, ‘The things about Jesus of Nazareth, who was a prophet mighty in deed and word [...]
Sermon by Anna Thede John 20:24-29 Let us pray: Gracious God, open the ears of our hearts to hear the message your Son gave to Thomas and all believers. Let the Spirit move through this community as we talk about belief. Inspire each of us to be who you are calling us to be. Amen [...]
Gospel is from John in the 13th Chapter 13Now before the festival of the Passover, Jesus knew that his hour had come to depart from this world and go to the Father. Having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end. 2The devil had already put it into the [...]