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Ribbons of Fire

Ribbons of Fire

Pentecost is one of my favorite days in the church year. Here’s why: I love the color red (although green is my favorite); I love the story of the followers of Jesus not knowing what hit them and how everyone else thought they were drunk; and I LOVE Johnny...
Lydia

Lydia

Sermon at Westfield for Sunday, May 1st. Based on Acts 16: 9-15. Today, I want to talk about Acts—the book that follows John in our New Testament writings. You could think of Acts at Luke, part 2. It was written by the same guy, Luke, who was an historian who prided...
On Being the Body, Boldly

On Being the Body, Boldly

Scriptures: 1 Corinthians 12: 12-31, Luke 4:14-21 There were problems in Corinth. The church Paul founded there was soaking in conflict. One of the main issues at hand was glossolalia.  More commonly, we call it “Speaking in tongues. Some of the members were speaking...
Bolder

Bolder

Now when the apostles at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had accepted the word of God, they sent Peter and John to them. The two went down and prayed for them that they might receive the Holy Spirit (for as yet the Spirit had not come upon any of them; they had only been...