If Only You’d Been There: A Sermon for the 149th Annual Meeting of the Connecticut Conference
Nearly three years ago, I was asked to serve as Conference Preacher for the 149th Annual Meeting of the Connecticut Conference. No doubt, it’s an honor. There are nearly 400 UCC clergy in Connecticut, so there are lots of people who’d do this job justice....
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...
Intentionally
Scriptures: John 13: 31-35, Revelation 21: 1-6 “Love one another.” Three little words from the middle of the Gospel of John, yet those three words changed everything for us in the Christian tradition. They fundamentally and seismically shifted what faith and religion...
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...01. WELCOME
