Text: Luke 7:18-28 This year’s Sunday School Christmas program, presented by our children at the 11:00 service today, is titled “The child we honor.” Jesus is that child, of course. The focus of the program is on the way we …
Mark 10:17-22 “Life is a journey”… so we’re often told. I’ve always resonated with that description of life. Maybe you have too. Life is a journey, not only because it keeps moving forward and changing, but it also has a destination – life …
Mark 7:31-37 What a wonderful thing Jesus did! The man who could not hear the birds sing, children giggle, or the sea roar… the man who could not express his thoughts and needs to his friends without great difficulty or …
Ephesians 4:1-16 Last Sunday was a very difficult day for me. Perhaps it was for you as well. Not only did we say good-bye to Pastor Yang, who has served our congregation with such excellence these past six years, and …
As I was thinking of the words from Jesus in the Gospel lesson (John 17:11-19) and how they relate to the event of his life we are remembering today (The Ascension – Acts 1:1-11) I thought of a common phrase …
Alleluia! Christ is risen! He is risen indeed, Alleluia! What a beautiful day it is! The sun is shining, the church is all decked out in its festive best, as are many of you. Then again, even if the weather …
1 Peter 1:8-12 Lent is about Jesus Christ. Yes, Lent features many fine traditions and includes many fine tools for building one’s spiritual life. But the heart of Lent is time spent with Jesus Christ. Our theme book for Lent …
1 Corinthians 9:16-27 These past few weeks our congregation has focused on the life and ministry of St. Paul. Paul was first and foremost a preacher of the Gospel. He preached the same Good News of salvation that Jesus preached. That Good …
1 Peter 2:1-10 They hadn’t heard from him in six years. This brave man – who was born into poverty, yet worked and studied so as to earn a degree in medicine, and who had captured the admiration of the whole …
Matthew 18:1-20 Dear friends, Living as church means living life together—which is not always easy. Think about how hard it can be to live in your own family. I read a short article this week about the hard times the chief family …