Today, we are beginning a new series on the calls in our lives. God calls each of us. In this New Year, what is God calling you to do? As we explore what God is calling us to do, we will walk with Saul/Paul in the story of his life and see how his persecution, discipleship, and responding to God’s call ultimately…

It is that moment on Christmas morning. In my house growing up, everyone went down the stairs together. Sometimes the anticipation was so hard to hold while waiting for everyone to wake up. Each and every year, we expected joy and delight as we came down the stairs, and surveyed the stockings in the family room and the dazzling tree in the…

There is an old cartoon that pictures a skeptic yelling up to the heavens, “God! If you are there, tell us what to do.” God calls back, “feed the hungry, house the homeless, and establish justice.” “Just checking” the skeptic says alarmed at the response. “Me, too” God calls back. During this season of Advent, we have been picturing what the Advent…

This Advent, we have been in a series of sermons of picturing the advent of Christ. We have joined the wisdom of generations before and those walk with us now. We study their artwork and their preparation to see how God might be revealed. Last week, we began with the painting by local artist, Horace Pippin who painted an image of the…

This summer, I had the privilege of returning to one of my favorite places as a child. My father used to always make sure that we went to the Brandywine River Museum multiple times a year. It is especially around this time of year that we would enjoy the Christmas Critters. I hope I might take our children there yet this season.…

An old story goes: In Budapest, a man goes to the rabbi and complains, “Life is unbearable. There are nine of us living in one room. What can I do?” The rabbi answers, “Take your goat into the room with you.” The man in incredulous, but the rabbi insists. “Do as I say and come back in a week.” A week later…

After five weeks of preaching on being generous, it seems the word generous has infiltrated at least the vocabulary of some. It was last week when I heard Felicity, our middle child asking if her sharing her snack was generous. I have listened, as well, as many of you who have been examining what generosity looks like in your life. I was…

On this All Saints Day, I give thanks to God for each of you and each of those you remember today. We gather this morning to praise God and participate in this countercultural holy day, which has been a part of the life of the church, since the earliest days. Nadia Bolz- Weber, Lutheran pastor who has become known as truth-teller writes,…