Awake to the Dream

download a PDF of this text listen to this sermon Texts on Sunday, June 10, 2007       1 Kings 17: 8-24;    Luke 7: 11-17 T he story of Elijah in Zarephath begins this way: “When he came to the gate of the town, a widow . ....

To An Unknown God

download a PDF of this text Listen to this sermon Texts on Sunday, May 20, 2007       John 17: 20-26; Acts 17: 16-34 Augustine said “Men go to gape at mountain peaks, at the boundless tides of the sea, the broad sweep of rivers, the...

Put Your Finger Here

download a PDF of this text Texts on the Sunday after Easter, April 15, 2007              John 20: 19-31; Acts 5: 27-42 Our frigid April temperatures may temporarily suppress the inclination to think...

The Sent-Down Man

download a PDF of this text Text on Maundy Thursday, April 5, 2007              John 13: 1-17 Will Christianity pass away? Will some other religion or philosophy of life take its place? You hear such...

Palm Reading

download a PDF of this text Texts on Sunday, April 1, 2007  Habakkuk 2: 2-11; Luke 19: 28-48 The Palm Sunday painting most of us have had in mind since childhood pictures Jesus waving from his perch in parade, a bower of stately palms above and a street strewn...

A Fragrance Fills the House

download a PDF of this text Texts on Sunday, March 25, 2007       Isaiah 43: 15-21;       John 12: 1-8 W hen you set out to understand the Bible as it is, you have to come to grips with what I call “the twice told tale.” The question is, why does a particular story...