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…
"Love is the medicine for the sickness of the world.” So said noted psychiatrist Dr. Karl Menninger. He summarized his therapeutic approach this way: “Love cures. It cures those who…
In this message on respect, we focus on our words. Words can change the course of a person’s life, for better or worse. They can heal, or they can wound,…
We are called to embody the humble, other-oriented, self-sacrificial, enemy-embracing love mindset. This is the mindset that Paul advocates in Ephesian’s text. It is the mindset of Jesus. Jesus, though…
In the comic book series, Spider-Man, the moral compass for the main character is a quote from his uncle, “With great power, there must also come great responsibility!” Long before…
