http://www.fhcpresb.org The Website of Forest Hill Church Presbyterian in Cleveland Heights, Ohio Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:27:55 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Well, I'm looking at the table and I see the communion dishes set up again, and I was filled with this kind of agitation, like didn't we just do this two weeks ago? This communion thing? Well, yes, we did. And we are going to do it again this ... http://www.fhcpresb.org/worship-music/sermon-archives/2010/03/to-the-table-spread-isaiah-551-9/ Well, we're a week and a half in - how's Lent going for you? Did you resolve to give something up this year?... My own Lenten resolution this time around was to take something on, in hopes that the discipline will develop into a habit that continues past the 40-days-plus-Sundays ... http://www.fhcpresb.org/worship-music/sermon-archives/2010/02/repentance/ Dramatic Scripture reading followed by Homiletic Dialogue between Rev. Clover Beal and Rev. Dr. John Lentz http://www.fhcpresb.org/worship-music/sermon-archives/2010/02/9830/ You know that I love babies and love baptisms (infant and adult.) It is just such a bold act to make these claims: that in baptism we are freed from sin - not separated from God, loved so profoundly, and marked for eternity. That is our naked truth. It is ... http://www.fhcpresb.org/worship-music/sermon-archives/2010/02/one-degree-of-glory-2-corinthians-312-18/ Despite the title of the sermon, "Going Deep," this has nothing to do with football or the Super Bowl. (Although my pick is the Indianapolis Colts.) But I wouldn't mortgage your house on my prognostication for I failed that course in seminary. I don't know what is going ... http://www.fhcpresb.org/worship-music/sermon-archives/2010/02/going-deep-luke-51-11/ Last Sunday, I was telling you about the kid who, when asked "Who's your ideal leader?", said "Hitler." And about how that always threw me. But I was thinking about these leaders, these people that we lift up. And I remember it was about 9 years ago when President Bush ... http://www.fhcpresb.org/worship-music/sermon-archives/2010/01/9510/ Probably 20 years ago, I was asked to serve as a judge on the Winchester Star leadership award panel. High school students in the area were in competition for a scholarship. My memory of the details is going dim - there was an essay and an interview ... http://www.fhcpresb.org/worship-music/sermon-archives/2010/01/called-to-spiritual-leadership-luke-414-21/ There is one particular memory I have from Forest Hill's pilgrimage to Nicaragua three years ago. We were taking a day trip out of Managua, the capital, into the country side, the forest, I dare say jungle. The roads were in bad condition and we were all crammed ... http://www.fhcpresb.org/worship-music/sermon-archives/2010/01/let-the-good-times-roll-john-21-11/ I couldn't have just one of these texts read without the other. Isaiah 43 powerfully tells us that God redeemed the Israelites from exile. God "bought them back"  from their captors. "I have called you by name; you are mine. " God created and named and redeemed Israel. They belonged to ... http://www.fhcpresb.org/worship-music/sermon-archives/2010/01/i-belong-to-god-luke-315-17-21-22-isaiah-43-psalm-29/ The Word became flesh and lived among us; yet the world did not know him. It's so easy to picture last week's Christmas manger scene, and it's easy to bask in the pageantry of the three wise men visiting, but let's jump ahead - if we can - to ... http://www.fhcpresb.org/worship-music/sermon-archives/2010/01/we-did-not-know-john-11-18/