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...

FOR A COPY OF THE BULLETIN, CLICK HERE. FOR A COPY OF THE SERMON, CLICK HERE.   SAYING GOODBYE Deuteronomy 34:1-12; 1 Thessalonians 4: 13-18   The hospital emergency room was busy. There was a sudden torrential rain in the city and water began to rise rapidly in the streets....

FOR A COPY OF THE BULLETIN, CLICK HERE. FOR A COPY OF THE SERMON, CLICK HERE.   GIFTS FROM GLEANERS Deuteronomy 24: 14-22; Acts 6: 1-7   On August 14th, 1935, in the midst of the Great Depression, President Roosevelt signed the Social Security bill into law. To some it...

FOR A COPY OF THE SERMON, CLICK HERE. FOR A COPY OF THE BULLETIN, CLICK HERE.   THE MAKING OF A MIRACLE Exodus 13: 1-10; Matthew 14: 1-21   Both the parting of the Red Sea and the feeding of the 5000 were believed to have occurred through miracles. There...