Announcements Events Serve Give A Conscious Relationship with God “Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know.” Jeremiah 33:3 A number of years ago, I saw a photo entitled “School Prayer.” In it one sees first graders in prayer. Their faces are serious. Most have their eyes closed with a strained, stressed look. Their … [Read more...]

Announcements Events Serve Give Help. Love. Serve. Here is a poem by Barry Hannah that I ran across many years ago. For me, it speaks of what Jesus might have said when he appeared to the disciples in the first days after his resurrection. I love the phrase “There are no more rulers.” As you read this this week, what phrase or phrases pop out at you? Feel free to tell me when we see … [Read more...]

Announcements Events Serve Give Old Rugged Cross This is one of the hardest days we face in our Christian tradition. For this Good Friday, we face the fact that Jesus of Nazareth, whom we name as Messiah, died. There is no getting around this fact. Jesus died. His death was not pretty. It was not meant to be pretty. For it was done by Rome.  If we have … [Read more...]

Announcements Events Serve Give Heading into Holy Week This Sunday is Palm Sunday- the beginning of Holy Week.  As I was growing up, I never paid much attention to Holy Week.  We would always take a trip down to Peoria to visit my grandparents.  When I was a grade schooler, Easter Eggs and candy highlighted those … [Read more...]

Announcements Events Serve Give Eyes to See Our Lenten Sermon series this year has been around the theme: Eyes to See.  The last Sermon was on Mark 8: 22-26 - the double healing of the Blind Man. Partly, what I said in the sermon was  Sometimes, in hinge moments in our own life and in a church’s life, we are led forward by others who see more clearly than we do. … [Read more...]