Pray Like Jesus: Pray With Questions Why do people get planted in the ground? Why say sorry for screaming? How do you keep going when people are so unkind? Does God condemn people? Is the God of the Old Testament and the New Testament the same God? Why do bad things happen to good people?…
Today we completed our series on Rooted in Gratitude and Growing in Christ: our 130th anniversary celebration. We continue celebrating 130 years of ministry in this place and will conclude with the final historical video later in the service. For the last 5 weeks, we have been exploring what it means to be rooted in…
For the next few weeks, the sermon series is on songs. Today’s song is Amazing Grace. Who has not heard the song “Amazing Grace?” A lot of people know this song or have heard this song. President Obama sang the words of Amazing Grace to comfort grieving families at a memorial service in Charleston, South Carolina. Amazing…
A minister told his congregation, “Next week I plan to preach about the sin of lying. To help you understand my sermon, I want you all to read Mark 17.” The following Sunday, as he prepared to deliver his sermon, the minister asked for a show of hands. He wanted to know how many had…
When I was twelve years old, I was asked to write an article for a publication. At twelve and in an age prior to digital proliferation, I answer the question to write the story of my faith. In confirmation, I shared it in church, in the newsletter, and beyond. It was my personal story of…
Have you heard joke about the classroom of kindergarteners who were asked to bring in a symbol of their faith? One Jewish child brought in a menorah, and a Catholic child brought in a rosary. When it came time for the Methodist child, she pulled out her parent’s corningware dish complete with a snack for…
We are in a series of messages entitled, Followers of the Way. Long before Christians were called by the name of Christ, there were those who sought to follow the way that Jesus and those who knew him lived. They followed the Way of living and sharing, loving and caring that the disciples and apostles…
This Christmas, our family received two very different kinds of gifts. One gift that was thoughtful and considerate, that took into consideration who were are and what we might enjoy. It was a print of a place we love, where we have deep roots, Milky Way Farm in Chester Springs. Steve and I both had…