“Every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future.”

~ Oscar Wilde

Poisonous Snakes in the Garden of Eden

2017-07-14T09:33:13-04:00March 5th, 2017|Sermons|

First Sunday in Lent Genesis 2:15-17; 3:1-7  Of all the couples I’ve performed wedding ceremonies for, Gary and Peggy are very dear to my memory. He was a ruggedly handsome young man, personable, successful, joyful, on his way to becoming an airline pilot. She was a soft-spoken Texan whose life had been deeply scarred by a history of great tragedy and, most recently, a long-term abusive relationship with a man from whom she’d finally escaped. Now they had found each other, and they wanted to be married. Well, at least Peggy did. Although Gary loved Peggy very much, he [READ MORE]

Lent: A Season for Remembrance and Response

2022-09-07T11:16:25-04:00March 4th, 2017|Sermons|

  First Sunday in Lent Deuteronomy 26:1-11 I want to begin today's sermon by giving it a subtitle. Not only do I want to call it "Lent: A Season For Remembrance and Response", but I want to add as a subtitle "Happy Birthday, Julio Garcia". Now Julio, one of our great church members who can hit a golf ball a very long way, and who gives away a lot of himself in community service is 60 years old today. I wouldn't ordinarily subtitle a sermon with that fact, but I'm prompted to do it today because of something Julio's [READ MORE]

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