Mercy On this Ash Wednesday, I am grateful for the waters of Baptism–a tangible reminder of God’s mercy toward me–a mercy that precedes my recognition that I need it.
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Proclaim! (A Sermon for April 7, 2013)
Sermon text: John 20:11-18 To start us out this morning, I’m going to say a phrase—a phrase that describes an activity—and I want you to visualize it. Ready? “Proclaim the gospel for the salvation of humankind” What picture came to mind for you? How many of you pictured a TV preacher, or someone like Billy…
Family Trees (January 13th, 2013 sermon)
I know some people in this room can trace their genealogy back for centuries. I can’t go back that far in my own family tree—maybe four or five generations, with certainty, although there is a chance that one of my ancestors was on the crew of the pirate Jean Lafitte, in the early 1800s. The…
the beautiful changes... 