In today’s text, Jesus challenged the Pharisees’ ways because their ways reduced religion to a set of rules. This is why Jesus said that the Pharisees should cleanse their hearts…
The Greek philosopher Heraclitus once said, “No person steps twice in the same river, for it is not the same river and they are not the same person.” The water…
This Sunday's worship service is a retelling of the Christmas story through scripture and carols. Thank you to everyone who helped make this service possible. Pianist: Connie Roth Lay Leader:…
Elizabeth and Mary are quite the pair. After years and years of praying for a child, after becoming used to not having a child, and after getting to the age…
The third Sunday of Advent is traditionally “Joy Sunday” and the pink or rose-colored Advent candle is lit. Rejoicing is a big part of what it means to prepare for…
Last week we looked at Advent as being the anticipation of Christ’s second coming, and not that of his birth 2,000 years ago. The second Sunday of Advent, traditionally the…
Through the centuries there have been many well-meaning people who have been tripped up by the so-called Apocalyptic writings in the scriptures. We look at these scriptures each year during…
Today’s gospel story is one that most of us know, so I’m not going to go through all the details of it. Rather, I want us to focus on the…
We spent five weeks focusing on how followers of Christ were expected to respond leading up to the election and after the election. There were many worries across the political…
Today, we welcome the Rev. Hollie Tapley as our guest speaker. Rev. Tapley is the Conference Disaster Response and UMVIM Coordinator for the Great Plains Conference of the United Methodist…