Thanksgiving, Morning Worship, November 23, 2025Sermon: Thin SpacesAccompanying Scripture: Luke 17 : 11 -19

23rd Sunday After Pentecost, Morning Worship, November 16, 2025Sermon: And the Walls Keep Tumbling DownAccompanying Scripture: Luke 21 : 5-19 And the Walls Keep Tumbling Down It was a hot August early morning in Erie, Pennsylvania, 1968. It wasn’tquite dawn, but I was finally asleep after tossing and turning in thesweltering heat and humidity that is common around the Great Lakes.Suddenly, a bomb exploded. I slowly woke up, and my shoulders slumped.It had finally happened. After years of fighting off…

22nd Sunday After Pentecost, Morning Worship, November 9, 2025Sermon: Glimpses of the KingdomAccompanying Scripture: Luke 20 : 27 – 38 Glimpses of the Kingdom ….

All Saints Sunday, Morning Worship, November 2, 2025Sermon: Saints AliveAccompanying Scripture: Luke 6 : 20-31 Saints Alive Funerals are interesting. People arrive in my office grieving theirloss in many ways. Some are teary and can hardly share amemory without shedding tears. Some arrive with dry eyes,expressing deep love for the deceased, but unable to articulatewhy.Then there are the angry grievers. They experienced hurt andeven abuse from their so-called dearly departed. One suchwoman said in a no-nonsense tone of voice, “Don’t…

18th Sunday after Pentecost, Morning Worship, October 12, 2025Sermon Series: Rick Warren’s Transformed – Week 6 Financial HealthSermon: Transforming How I See and Use MoneyAccompanying Scripture: Luke 16:1-13 Transforming How I See and Use Money Luke 16:1-13 He was living high on the hog.Lavish feasts, extravagant travel; the kids went to the best schools.And he managed it all, not on his paycheck, but on the owner’s pocketbook. In short, he embezzled money.Eventually, the owner discovered it and fired him.The manager’s…

13th Sunday after Pentecost, Morning Worship, September 7, 2025Sermon Series: Rick Warren’s Transformed – Week 1 Spiritual HealthSermon: How to Get Closer to GodAccompanying Scripture: Luke 15 : 11-24 How to Get Closer to God Luke 15:11-24 When have you run from God? Did you run at the speed of light? Or simply turn your back? In what ways did God follow you? Or wait patiently? Our scripture lesson today speaks to an overarching theme, which is the answer to…

Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost, Morning Worship, August 31, 2025Sermon: Doing the Right ThingAccompanying Scripture: Luke 14:1,7-14 Doing the Right Thing Luke 14:1, 7-14 I usually don’t give TV ads much notice. The other night was different. I was curiousabout an ad for debt consolidation. Most of America’s debt is tied to credit cards. Iadmit that in my younger years, I got caught up in the mystical experience of payingwith plastic and the onerous task of paying it off.As many of…

Tenth Sunday after Pentecost, Morning Worship, August 17, 2025Sermon: Baptism By FireAccompanying Scripture: Luke 12 : 49-56

Eighth Sunday after Pentecost, Morning Worship, August 3, 2025Sermon: When is Enough Enough?Accompanying Scripture: Luke 12 : 13-21 When is Enough, Enough? Luke12:13-21 Imagine a large pie with small slices of various sizes. Each person gets a slice of the pie, and some get more than others. In fact, the larger the slices for some, the more likely it is thatothers will have nothing. This is the economy of the Roman Empire in the first century. There was a finite…

Sixth Sunday After Pentecost, Morning Worship, July 20, 2025Sermon: A Body in MotionAccompanying Scripture: Luke 10 : 38-42 A Body in Motion 38 Now as they went on their way, he entered a certain village where a woman named Martha welcomed him.[a]Does Martha own the house?Is she widowed?Where is Lazarus?Is this the first time Martha has met Jesus or are they friends?Are the disciples with Jesus? 39 She had a sister named Mary, who sat at Jesus’s[b] feet and listened…

Fifth Sunday After Pentecost, Morning Worship, July 13, 2025Sermon: Who is my Neighbor?Accompanying Scripture: Luke 10 : 25-37 Who is my Neighbor? He woke up on the side of the road. It didn’t take long for him to remember that he’d been beaten to within an inch of his life. A warm breeze on his back, and he realized his clothes had been taken from him. He knew better than to travel the Jericho Road alone. It was a popular…