In Your Lap ~ Isaiah 40:1-11; Mark 1:1-8
Sunday, December 10th, 2017New members joined today. The sermon on this 2nd Sunday in Advent begins around the 36 minute mark. There was once a young preacher who was given this advice: If, in the middle of your sermon, you forget your train of thought, just step back, pound the podium, and repeat the title of the sermon – […]
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Posted in Sermon Archives, Worship | No Comments »>And So Now What? ~ Ephesians 1: 3-14, John 1: 10-18
Sunday, January 3rd, 2016Happy New Year! This afternoon I shall turn on the television, watch the Steelers beat the Browns, and remove the ornaments from the tree, then the lights, and take the tree (which was one of the better ones we have ever had) to the tree lawn, where it will sit until Wednesday when it gets […]
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Posted in Sermon Archives, Worship | No Comments »>Defiance and Hope
Friday, December 25th, 2015Back in the early 70s when I was a teenager my friends and I loved to get dropped off at Tyson Corner mall. It was one of the fist mega-malls. You had to go there to do your Christmas shopping. I will admit to you tonight, that one of my favorite stores at the mall […]
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Posted in Sermon Archives, Worship | No Comments »>Shaken and Stirred ~ Luke 21:25-36
Sunday, November 29th, 2015Preparations for Christmas begin every year at this time. The season is called Advent, which means Coming. During this season we are to wait and watch and look for signs of the coming of God. We look for signs of Jesus – incarnation – God taking on flesh.
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