by Kelli Joyce, 1 Kings 19.9-18 May the words of my mouth and the thoughts of my heart always be acceptable in your sight, O God, my strength and my…
by Michael Usey; Isaiah 6.1-8 I know that many of you are listening because you’re hoping that you’ll hear an entire sermon about dream sex with spirit demons, about alien…
By Michael Usey, Genesis 4.1-16 A couple of weeks ago some guy named JSV4 went on Twitter to complain about his local Mexican restaurant. He posted a picture of his…
by Michael Usey My friend Brett Younger, a pastor in Brooklyn, opened his sermon last week this way. Do you ever feel like you are drowning and people think they…
by Lin Story-Bunce, Genesis 32. 22-32 When Caryanne and I learned we were pregnant for the first time, we immediately started thinking of possible names. Because we both have names…
Christian McIvorJuly 5, 2020 Isaiah 66.1-4, Matthew 7.21-27 Chrissy and I bought our first home – or at least, we started paying the bank for it – in the fall…
As far as I am concerned, the book of Jonah has the best last line in the Bible: “And should I not be concerned about Nineveh,” God says to Jonah,…
by Michael Usey Moses’ early history is the stuff of novels. When Pharaoh instituted a mass slaughter of the male infants of the Hebrews, Moses’ mother hid him in a…
by James Blay (Genesis 3.9-13) The birth of the Information age in the late 20th Century ushered in a period of immense access to information in very efficient ways. In…
by Michael Usey The world is a lot right now. Another week being trampled by the new and improved Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse: Corvid-19 (where the infection rate continues…
Luke 4.16-20, Acts 2.1-13 Two summers ago I took our youth to Laredo, TX – one of the largest port cities in the country just on the border of the…
by Michael Usey It’s Ascension Sunday, the most curious of all feasts on the church calendar –a celebration of the day Jesus left us, the day Jesus started to work…
New Testament Reading: Acts 17. 16-34, NRSV This past week I heard from five San Diego friends that I have not heard from in years; perhaps you have reconnected with…
Romans 8.6-11; Ezekiel 37.1-14 Sometimes I’m amazed at how fragile our human flesh is. We have fragile bones that break, fragile lungs that collapse, fragile hearts that miss a beat,…
by Michael Usey Today is Good Shepherd Sunday. All the scripture lessons for this morning are about shepherds. We have chosen the music in this service with the same theme….
by Michael Usey When I was in college and seminary, I confess with some shame that I was fascinated by those people who make speeches for a living, the professionals,…
by Christian McIvor Hello, College Parkers! I’m glad to be offering the sermon this week,and while it’s on the same scripture passage we looked at last week, I’mgoing to have…
by Michael Usey The Antiques Roadshow is a great TV program on PBS. It’s been going for years; it was supposed to have a program in Williamsburg, Virginia, this spring,…
Offered by Lesley-Ann Hix Tommey Hi friends! Greetings from New York City! My name is Lesley-Ann, and I serve here as field personnel for the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship. As you…
Three weeks ago feels like three years now. Is anyone else feeling as I am: Is this really happening? Am I going to die? I’m 62. Is anyone in my…