Read the Lectionary Texts The little song I like to sing with the Youth Group goes like this: "I am the light of the world! You people come and follow me! If you follow and love, you'll learn the myst'ry of what you were meant to do and be!" We Christians are the come-and-follow people! And this call to follow Jesus coming to us now, in the early days of the New Year, is the very same call that fell upon the ears of Peter and Andrew, and James and John as they mended their nets on the shore of [READ MORE]

Read the Lectionary Texts     “Oh, be careful little hands what you do! Be careful little hands what you do! God is up above, He’s looking down in love, So be careful little hands what you do!” Many of us here today grew up in a time when little jingles like this old Sunday School song provided guidance for making important moral decisions. For some, like Christian preacher, professor and all-around good guy Tony Campolo, this very song became so ingrained in his subconscious mind that – he claims – it almost ruined his life as a teenager. [READ MORE]