Given by Rev. Madison Shockley July 25, 2021 Today's reading is one of the best known stories of the Bible. It talks about what happens on Earth. This story is a painful tragedy. People need a safe place. Pilgrim is a safe church. We do not remain silent when there is abuse. Bathsheba has often [...]
Given by Rev. Madison Shockley June 27, 2021 The passage today is about touch and ultimately, power. The woman was not allowed to touch or be touched as she was unclean. Having been through this pandemic, we too have been denied the ability to touch or be touched. The woman in the story takes back [...]
Given By Rev. Madison Shockley October 20, 2019 Faith is not what you know is going to happen but what you trust will happen. Today's parable is about the faith of a widow seeking justice from a judge. She was persistent in her cause. There are many ways to interpret a parable. Today we ask, [...]
Given By Rev. Madison Shockley January 13, 2019 The reading today talks of baptism. There are many ways to get baptized; a few drops of water or a damp hand to full immersion. Many people today were baptized as children. Jesus was baptized as an adult by John the Baptist. He was immersed in the [...]
Given By Rev Madison Shockley on July 8 2018 Paul preaches that power is a paradox. Where we think it is, it is not. Where we least expect it, it is there. One of the greatest examples is the story of David and Goliath. That power is a paradox is one of the fundamental beliefs [...]
Today's sermon by Neal Washburn comes to us from the Gospel of Luke, a parable within a story. Jesus is talking to a group of individuals who felt righteous but felt contempt for others. Jesus tells them the parable of a Pharisee and a tax collector
