18th Sunday after Pentecost                                               26 September 2021 (Numbers 11:4-6, 10-16, 24-29   Psalm 19   James 5:13-20   Mark 9:38-50) “Sufficient food for the wilderness journey!” Has anybody heard a good sermon from the Book of Numbers lately?  Okay, has anybody heard a bad sermon from the Book of Numbers, lately?  Okay, okay, forget the “lately” part!  Has … More “Sufficient food for the wilderness journey!”

Mark 9:30-37 Our gospel before us this morning presents us with Jesus’ second major passion prediction within the greater gospel of Mark.  A text, I would say, is some pretty tough scripture.  Not necessarily in its difficulty to understand.  But in its difficulty to swallow – because it forces us to take a look in … More Greatness Defined By Christ

16th Sunday after Pentecost                                     12 September 2021 (Isaiah 50:4-9   Psalm 116   James 3:1-12   Mark 8:27-38) “Who do you, Jesus, say we are?” Today, we are journeying with Jesus to the villages of Caesarea Philippi, the northernmost region that can be considered Palestine, the farthest geographical point from Jerusalem that Jesus travels.  It is a … More “Who do you, Jesus, say we are?”

Mark 7:24-37 Then Jesus ordered them to tell no one; but the more he ordered them, the more zealously they proclaimed it.  They were astounded beyond measure… While the book of Ecclesiastes tells us so poignantly, through some of scriptures most well-known words, that there is a time for every season under heaven, truth be … More A Time to Heal