Sermons and Reflections

July 6, 2025. Texts: Isaiah 66:10-14; Galatians 6:[1-6] 7-16; Luke 10:1-11, 16-29.   If there is a byword for this week’s lessons, perhaps it is “on the way”.  Call it a slogan or a meme if you prefer. It’s not just a bible thing though. Because a lot of things happen,...

June 29, 2025. Texts: 1 Kings 19:15-16, 19-21; Galatians 5:1, 13-25; Luke 9:51-62.   In the wee hours of a February morning in Loveland, Colorado a pickup truck slid off the road. The police arrived on the scene, found the driver uninjured and determined that a slick, dark, tarry substance had...

June 22, 2025. Texts: Isaiah 65:1-9; Galatians 3:23-29; Luke 8:26-39.   The season of Pentecost, which we have now officially entered, is long. This year it will last for twenty-three weeks. Take that in for a moment. It will be late November before this season gives way to the next one....

June 15, 2025. Texts: Proverbs 8: 1-4, 22-31; Romans 5:1-5; John 16:12-15.   In AD 325, exactly 1,700 years ago, Christian leaders from Eastern and Western provinces were called together for a confab by the Roman Emperor Constantine. The empire was on its way to adopting Christianity as its official religion....

June 8, 2025. Texts: Genesis 11:1-9; Acts 2:1-21; John 14:8-17 [25-27].   Is it possible that there was ever a time or place on the face of the earth when someone in authority did not have to say, this is for your own good? Surely this phrase or some variation of...

June 1, 2025. Texts: Acts 16:16-34; Revelation 22:12-14, 16-17, 20-21; John 17:20-26.   Airports are buzzing, Ferries are full. The inns have no more room. It’s the time of year when you are most likely to hear the plaintive question, “are we there yet?” Today is the seventh and final Sunday...