Do You Want to See Jesus?–Sermon by Ms. Lee Cheek, Licensed Lay Preacher
Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me. Amen. My brothers and sisters, here we are at the last Sunday in Lent, a good four weeks into this season of quiet and reflection and we are poised just seven days before Passion Sunday. It seems like only a […]
For God So Loved the World
From our reading this morning from the Gospel according to John, we hear a verse from the Bible that even if we were not raised in the church, we most certainly have heard. And if we cannot quote it by heart, we have seen its notation on bumper stickers, hanging from signs in the end […]
Jesus clears a way for God’s love
Jesus had gone up to Jerusalem for the Passover. This week long spring festival celebrated the Israelite’s exodus from Egypt where they been held as slaves for hundreds of years and through God’s intervention were set free and allowed to journey to a promised place. It was and continues to be one of the most […]
Let them deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me.
I hope that many of you had the chance to see the movie “Selma” while it was in the theatre. It is a searing and honest look at the time surrounding the civil rights marches from Selma, Alabama to the state capital in Montgomery in March, 1965, 50 years ago when Black people marched against […]
Faith in the Wilderness
Show me your ways, O LORD, * and teach me your paths. Lead me in your truth and teach me, * for you are the God of my salvation; in you have I trusted all the day long. It was a cold but clear day last Wednesday and I am glad that so many of […]
Witness to the Light of the His Countenance
The Last Sunday after the Epiphany […]
He came and took her by the hand and lifted her up
Fifth Sunday after the Epiphany February 8, 2015 The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He does not faint or grow weary; his understanding is unsearchable. He gives power to the faint, and strengthens the powerless. (Isaiah 40:28-29) Before I started seminary, I served as a […]
A New Teaching-With Authority
Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany February 1, […]
Third Sunday in Epiphany-Sermon by the Rev. Dr. Jane Tillman
As we celebrate the liturgical season of Epiphany we are challenged to a type of discernment about what it means to be called and to turn in a new direction. John the Baptist and Jesus begin their ministry, and their call to others with with cries to repent—that word which can conjure up all sorts […]
Come and See
Welcome to the second Sunday after the Epiphany. This Sunday stands between the advent of Jesus Christ and our journey in following him; between the wonders of the Word made flesh and the gritty joy of our attempts to respond. This day comes after the celebration of God coming to earth in Jesus, after the […]