by Madison Shockley | Aug 23, 2020 | sermons
Given by Rev. Madison Shockley August 23, 2020 The words we use in our political discourse have implications in our religious life and the words we use in our religious life have political impact. According to our Constitution, the government cannot act on behalf on...
by Madison Shockley | Aug 16, 2020 | sermons
Given by Rev. Madison Shockley August 16, 2020 This is a week that women made history. Paul wrote about women leaders in the early church. In this reading, Paul is asking that Phoebe be accepted and treated as an equal. Unfortunately, women are still barred from...
by Guest Preacher | Jul 5, 2020 | sermons
Given by Rev. Michael Vaughn July 5, 2020 The writings of Paul in Romans is densely packed and exacting. He uses so many “I”s, “me”s, and “my”s. This hyper-focus on these words represents our personal struggles. Today, current...
by Madison Shockley | Jun 2, 2019 | sermons
Given By Rev. Madison Shockley June 2, 2019 The reading speaks about an event of the early church. The woman in our reading today had the gift of divination. This made her owners rich. She followed the apostles around and Paul became annoyed. Paul was so annoyed...
by Madison Shockley | Apr 21, 2019 | sermons
Given By Rev. Madison Shockley April 21, 2019 at Pilgrim UCC in Carlsbad CA pilgrimucc.org Happy Easter! Christ is risen! This passage from Romans inspires hope. Since Easter falls so close to Earth Day, we reflect on what this means for both us and all creation. All...
