A sermon on Mark 9: 2-9 It’s pretty easy to say Jesus is the Messiah, to join the church affirming he’s my Lord and Savior. But there sure are a lot of reasons to wonder if that confession makes any difference outside of our little church world. The Lord and Savior isn’t getting me an appointment for my COVID vaccine. That Messiah sure is … [Read more...]
Ash Wednesday
February 11, 2021
February 17 at 5:30 pm - Zoom prayer service Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83931026275?pwd=MnFFUlI5SDUvK0xhb1BBblNtR25xQT09or dial in Zoom at 669 900 6833 Meeting ID: 839 3102 6275; Passcode: 0000 Ash Wednesday is named for the ancient Christian practice of marking the foreheads of believers with ashes. The ashes are … [Read more...]
Proclaiming the Message
February 11, 2021
A sermon from Mark 1: 29-39 The last thing I want to do after I’ve been sick in bed with a fever is stand up and start making breakfast for a dozen hungry men. The last thing I want to when I’m interrupted on my prayer retreat is hit the ministry road again.But sometimes, it seems, we’re called to do the last things we want to do in the service … [Read more...]
Lent 2021 – From Sunset to Sunrise
February 10, 2021
Lent is a season of prayer, but prayer is not something you merely say using words. Prayer can engage our whole body, spirit and mind. So this year, as we explore the darkness of Lent from sunset to sunrise, we will integrate more active prayer into our regular worship services, as well as offer three "prayershops" (workshops on prayer) and … [Read more...]
It Takes A Whole Village
February 4, 2021
A sermon from Psalm 111 We celebrated Appreciation Sunday at Windsor Presbyterian Church on January 31st, celebrating all the people who have worked so hard in front of and behind the screens to keep us open -- maybe our building has been empty on Sunday morning, but the Spirit is hard at work all through the week. Psalm 111 and 112 lie … [Read more...]
The Time is Fulfilled
January 25, 2021
A sermon based on Mark 1: 14-20 Do you think Simon Peter and Andrew, James and John really just met Jesus for the first time and were ready to leave, immediately, on an adventure of discipleship. That's how we're generally taught this story of their calling in Sunday School, but many scholars believe it more likely that these disciples already … [Read more...]
Marked
January 25, 2021
A sermon based on Mark 1: 4-11 Do you remember your baptism? Do you have a baptism story? Does it end with a dove descending or a voice from the heavens? Mark is in way too much of a hurry to spend time telling a big story about Jesus’ baptism. Matthew and Luke go into far more detail. Even John has more lines to the story, telling it … [Read more...]
Come & See
January 25, 2021
A sermon based on John 1: 43-51 When Philip invites his friend Nathanael to join him and meet this great new preacher, Jesus from Nazareth, Nathanael doesn't have much good to say. It's not just that Nazareth was a small town, hardly worth noticing – though it was that. It’s that for more than 100 years before Jesus is seeking followers, … [Read more...]
Where’s that Star?
January 4, 2021
A sermon based on Matthew 2: 1-12 It always takes me aback to hear that Herod was among the first to recognize the birth of our Savior. There was so much evil darkness in his rule, and yet the light shone even there. It didn’t change his heart, but he also couldn’t un-know what he knew. In their own way, the magi walked in darkness too -- … [Read more...]
Songs
December 30, 2020
A sermon based on Luke 2: 22-32 At Allegheny College's choral concerts the choir always sings the Nunc Dimittis, Simeon's song from the Scripture passage and it was deeply meaningful to me. "Lord, now lettest thy thou servant depart in peace, according to Thy word, for my eyes have seen thy salvation which thou hast prepared before the face … [Read more...]
