Feb 22, 2015 | Sermons
Matthew 15:1-20 When I was a child my mother would say, “It’s time to eat. Go wash your hands and come to the table.” Washing our hands before we ate was as much a part of our mealtime ritual as praying, or eating what was set before us without complaining, or no...
Feb 18, 2015 | Sermons
As Bill Powell stood in line to get a hot dog on the busy streets of New York City, the hotdog vender said, “You don’t sound like you’re from around here. Where are you from?” “I’m from Georgia. There’s a group of us here...
Feb 17, 2015 | Blog
Screen door opening and closing. Ticking of Big Ben alarm clock on the mantel of grandparent’s house. Crickets in a cricket box used for fishing trips. Voice of my grandmother calling me “Sonny Boy.” Chickens clucking in the yard. Rain hitting my grandparent’s...
Feb 17, 2015 | Sermons
Psalm 38:17-18 Luke 19:1-10 Somewhere back there in your sandbox days, you did something wrong that was clearly a violation of sandbox rules. Perhaps you pushed your friend down so you could ride the big wheel. You might have buried his G.I. Joe and pretended you...
Feb 5, 2015 | Sermons
Leviticus 6:1-6 Sandy and Rick Jones traveled with Dustin and Leslie, Mattie, and Sara through the state of Mississippi during the Christmas holidays, walking through cemeteries in the pouring rain, tracing down leads from records of their ancestors obtained in old...
