Call to Worship: In Celebration of Diversity

Use this link to download Call to Worship PDF. Sized so two copies may fit on a one sheet of 8 1/2 x 11 paper. Can also be emailed for online worship.  Please respect...

Running Toward the World

Pentecost during a pandemic feels different and we need God's presence more than ever. Fortunately, the only things necessary for the church are the people, any people, and the Holy Spirit. It's tempting to...

No Palms? No Parades? No Problem

It feels strange, doesn’t it, to be cooped up inside today as we hear Luke’s bustling, jubilant, and very outdoorsy account of Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem? Like so many other things, the festivities...

Call to Worship: Adapted from the Breastplate of St.Patrick, “We arise and come before...

Use this link to download Call to Worship PDF. Sized so two copies may fit on a one sheet of 8 1/2 x 11 paper. Can also be emailed for online worship.  Please respect...

A Closer Look at Christmas: My Take

Merry Christmas, everyone!  Alleluia! Christ is born to us. I know that sounds like a strange greeting in February, but in some Christian traditions the season of Christmas actually runs from December 25 all the...

Call to Worship: Psalm 66 “We praise you, O God, for you are due...

Use this link to download Call to Worship PDF. Sized so two copies may fit on a one sheet of 8 1/2 x 11 paper. Can also be emailed for online worship.  Please respect...

Call to Worship: Remembering Those Who Served

RememberingDownload Use this link to download Call to Worship PDF. Sized so two copies may fit on a one sheet of 8 1/2 x 11 paper. Can also be emailed for online worship.  Please respect...

Riding Off Into the Sunrise

This sermon (or a reasonable facsimile) was preached on the Sunday after Easter, April 8, 2018, at Kingsway Baptist Church.  The texts are 1 John 1:1 – 2:2 and Luke 24:13-35. (One is from the Revised Common...

Visio Divina for Rembrandt’s “Christ in the Storm on the Sea of Galilee”

Years ago Todd and I went to Boston on an anniversary trip and visited one of my favorite museums, the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. What makes this museum unique is that the...

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