Feb 28, 2016 | Sermons
February 28, 2016 Luke 24:28-35 When my grandfather died, my grandmother said one of the hardest things about living alone was preparing a meal for one person. This was a woman who had prepared biscuits from scratch every morning of her adult life. She made chocolate...
Feb 21, 2016 | Sermons
February 21, 2016 A few years ago I made friends with a young man who attended this church for a while. We shared our love for motorcycles and he helped me on some building projects. One day I received a call from him and he informed me that his father had died in...
Feb 14, 2016 | Sermons
Symbol (Oil) February 14, 2016 Matthew 26:6-13 As early as three we were taught we had five senses: taste, touch, smell, hearing, sight. However, we have others: the sense of balance, the sense of acceleration, and the sense of proprioception, which is the sense of...
Feb 10, 2016 | Sermons
February 10, 2016 In the 2005 comedy, “School of Life,” Norman Warner, the beloved English teacher, had won teacher of the year award for 43 consecutive years at Fallbrook Middle School. He died with the trophy in his arms after receiving it for the final time at the...
Feb 7, 2016 | Sermons
February 7, 2016 Thank you. Thank you for the gift of being away last month. My sabbatical was a time of rest, reflection, recharging, rejuvenation, and rethinking some of what I do and why I do it. In almost thirty years of ministry, there have been two other times...
Dec 29, 2015 | Sermons
Mark 10:13-16 When I was a boy “The Wonderful World of Disney” came on ABC at the same time Sunday evening church services started. If we were running late getting out the door I saw Tinker Bell with her magic wand sprinkle pixie dust around the television screen as...
