I want to begin by thanking Heather Min for the beautiful solo and Jannie for the accompaniment. Not only was the solo beautiful, but it was so meaningful given the connection with the testimony that Heather shared, Read more →

This morning we come to a story that seems familiar but as we take a closer look, we realize that the story isn’t perhaps what we thought it was. This is a story of the anointing of Jesus in a place called Bethany. Bethany was a Read more →

I want to thank Dr. Richard Topping for sharing a short reflection on risk this morning, risk in what he sees as he looks through that rather large camera lens and risk in his own context as a teacher and preacher. Over Read more →

We’ve probably all have some kind of image in mind when we hear the words of our text from Mark’s gospel account this morning. It’s Jesus cleansing the Temple. Maybe we’ve seen paintings depicting the scene or Read more →

This will be a Lenten season like no other. Besides the fact that we are still not able to meet in person due to the pandemic, we will be journeying through these 40 days of Lent in a different way than we have before. Read more →

The movie, “Chariots of Fire” won the Academy Award for best picture in 1981. That movie depicts the real-life story of two British Olympic sprinters, Harold Abrahams and Eric Liddle. Liddle, a devout Christian who was born Read more →

Some years ago I remember there was a campaign started by a group of atheists in the UK in response to some advertising done by a Christian organization that said that non-Christians would burn in hell for all eternity. Read more →

You will have received information from the church office this week about the upcoming Lent Bible Study. We will be using a guide written by Dr. Amy Jill Levine, who teaches at Vanderbilt University. We used her guide Read more →

You’ve heard me say before that one of the challenges of being a minister is that sometimes people you don’t know ask you what you do and as a minister you never know how your answer will be received. Today is the Sunday of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, which takes place in January of every year. Some of you will have heard me share this story Read more →

Samuel was a young boy, probably around 12 or 13 years of age, serving in the temple of the Lord at Shiloh under the tutelage of the old priest Eli. It was great to hear Roy read our first scripture reading today because I wanted someone who might have been close to Samuel’s age to read that passage. Read more →