Sermons from November 2025
In the Days to Come…Hope
First Sunday of Advent, Morning Worship, November 30, 2025Sermon: In Days to Come…HopeAccompanying Scripture: Isaiah 2:1-5 In Days to Come…Hope The nation of Judah needs good news, and they need it now. Wars anduprisings surround them. Gloom and doom haunt their lives. They awakeneach day to another round of waiting for the next shoe to drop. Tension isin the air. They don’t feel safe.In fact, the entire first chapter of Isaiah is filled with bad news. It’s notgoing to get…
Thin Spaces
Thanksgiving, Morning Worship, November 23, 2025Sermon: Thin SpacesAccompanying Scripture: Luke 17 : 11 -19
And the Walls Keep tumbling Down
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…
Glimpses of the kingdom
22nd Sunday After Pentecost, Morning Worship, November 9, 2025Sermon: Glimpses of the KingdomAccompanying Scripture: Luke 20 : 27 – 38 Glimpses of the Kingdom ….
Saints Alive
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…