FOR A COPY OF THE BULLETIN, CLICK HERE. FOR A COPY OF THE SERMON, CLICK HERE.   TRY DIFFERENT PRACTICES Isaiah 43: 16-21; Hebrews 4: 15-16   Several years ago I heard someone tell me that a “rut is a grave with the ends knocked out.” I thought about that...

FOR A COPY OF THE BULLETIN, CLICK HERE. FOR A COPY OF THE SERMON, CLICK HERE.   UNPLUG Genesis 2: 1-3; Mark 6: 30-34   Three men died and went to heaven. As they met St. Peter at the gate, he asked them what they had done in their lives....

FOR A COPY OF THE BULLETIN, CLICK HERE FOR A COPY OF THE SERMON, CLICK HERE.   LISTEN TO GOD 1 Samuel 3; 1-10; MARK 1: 35-39   There is a joke about a scientist who is impressed with what he knows and what science has learned. He looks heavenward...

FOR A COPY OF THE BULLETIN, CLICK HERE. FOR A COPY OF THE SPIRE, CLICK HERE.     EMBRACE SIMPLICITY Philippians 4: 10-13; Matthew 6: 19-21   I love bookstores; I loved the book sale held at the church last week. But I have a problem: my bookshelves are full!...

FOR A COPY OF THE BULLETIN, CLICK HERE. FOR A COPY OF THE SPIRE, CLICK HERE.   PRAY Philippians 1: 3-11; Matthew 6: 9-13   Many people believe that life is a journey; a journey lived out daily. Some choose to view their life as a road that stretches out...

FOR A COPY OF THE BULLETIN, CLICK HERE. FOR A COPY OF THE SERMON, CLICK HERE.   FAST Esther 4: 1-3; Acts 13:2–3   In 1981 Henri Nouwen, then a professor at Yale Divinity School, spoke at my Princeton Seminary graduation. Since that time even though he was diminutive in...