Today we mark All Saints Sunday in the church calendar.  The date of All Saints is actually November 1, but most Protestant churches that celebrate All Saints mark it on the Sunday following November 1. You don’t hear a lot of sermons for All Saint’s Day in Presbyterian churches. Read more →

Stories invite us to identify with a character and parables are no different. When we hear a parable, our inclination is to identify with someone, some character, in the parable. It might be the Good Samaritan, or the Prodigal Son, but we tend to identify with someone. This morning we hear the parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector, and our identification seems a foregone conclusion. Read more →

We just read three scripture readings according to the lectionary. Those texts share one theme in common: God’s protection. Read more →

What are your best memories of Thanksgiving? Maybe it’s around a table with family, with great food, with turkey, ham, with all the fixings? Maybe Thanksgiving is a time when your family gets together. Read more →

When our children were younger I would share a reading from scripture with them each night. Usually it was the passage I was preaching on that week and I shared the same passage each night of the week. Read more →