SERMON Mark 4: 35-41 Pentecost 4b It’s been a grim week. Nine of our brothers and sisters in Christ were shot dead in church last Wednesday because their killer hated the perfect way God made them, hated their black skin, hated their black culture and the proud history of Emmanuel AME church in Charleston. I … More Now is not the time to “be still”

Third Sunday after Pentecost 14 June 2015 (Ezekiel 17:22-24 Psalm 92 2 Corinthians 5:6-17 Mark 4:26-34) “Mustard Seed Hope!” They call him the Cellist of Baghdad. His name is Karim Wasfi, conductor of the Iraqi National Symphony Orchestra. Wasfi felt compelled to act when, several weeks ago, a busy shopping street in his neighborhood in … More “Mustard Seed Hope!”