Given By Rev.Dr. Rebecca Todd Peters September 15, 2019 There is a time for every purpose under heaven. Our passage today finds a king musing about the paradox of life. A message of deep humility before God is the overarching wisdom offered by this passage. This poem also offers a bit of hope. Our lives [...]
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 that he cured her to try and make [...]
Given By Rev Carl Crider on November 18, 2018 Rev. Crider speaks to the issue of inequality for women as related to marriage and society. Matrimony is one of the sacraments. Historically, it celebrates the transferring of property. Luckily, things are changing. Women no longer are considered property. They do not need a man's permission [...]
Our reading brings us news that Jacob's family is now vast and strong. Unfortunately, the new king feels threatened that the Hebrews, foreigners, are now more numerous than his people. He orders his people to treat them harshly, hoping to decrease their numbers.
After an eventful week, Rev. Shockley was inspired to speak on the subject of being evangelical. The word, evangelical, has received a bad reputation in today's society. Let us not consider the word as it has come to be understood but as the dynamic and progressive presentation of the Good News of Jesus to a hurting world.
The theme of tonight's meditation is "How can this be?" There are only two gospels that have a birth narrative, Matthew and Luke. They approach this story from two distinct perspectives...
Today's sermon brings to our attention to the message from Acts 9:36-43. Even though Jesus has died, his resurrection has empowered those are now the leaders of the church.
https://vimeo.com/158744397 The sermon was inspired by the story from the Gospel of John about a woman caught committing adultery who is brought before Jesus. The elders want to stone her. Jesus turns the tables on them. In the recent past, women were referred to as having a reputation or being easy. The new term [...]
