by Madison Shockley | Mar 26, 2017 | sermons
Given By Rev. Madison Shockley March 26, 2017 Today’s reading coincides with the current topic involving healthcare. Our government is wrestling with just how much healthcare should be available. The Gospel of John should not be taken literally. It is a story of...
by Rev. Madison Shockley | Mar 19, 2017 | sermons
The reading today of Jesus meeting a Samaritan woman at the well is unique in several regards. First, the scene describes Jesus, a man, meeting a woman at a well. During this period of history, if you wanted to meet a woman, you went to the well. Drawing water was...
by Rev. Madison Shockley | Mar 12, 2017 | sermons
The Gospel of John is a different kind of gospel from the other three. Matthew, Mark and Luke are known as the synoptic gospels. John’s gospel views the life of Jesus in a different light. The early church almost did not include it in the Canon. There is no...
by Guest Preacher | Aug 14, 2016 | sermons
Given By Rev. Jerry Stinson on Aug. 14, 2016 The reading today from John tries to imagine the calling of the first twelve disciples. It begins with Andrew and his brother, Simon-Peter, who are simple fisher-folk from Galilee. Next came Philip who then tries to...
by Guest Preacher | Apr 10, 2016 | sermons
As guest preacher, Neal Washburn, asks the question, “What did Jesus mean when he asks the disciples to feed and tend my sheep?” According to the reading, John 21: 1-19, the disciples have gone back to fishing in the weeks after Jesus’ death. Jesus...
