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Scripture Reading: Matthew 26:48-54 One of the most beautiful things one person can do for another is to offer forgiveness. When the 9 people were shot during a prayer meeting in Emmanuel Church in Charleston, South Carolina by a pure racist act of terrorism, what did...

Christmas Approaches

The air has become decidedly cooler over the last week. Ice has formed in buckets left behind from the summer. A light skiff of frost and/or snow greets us each morning. The ground is hardening under our feet as the frost settles into the soil. The days are very short...

Prophesy, The One To Come

“Prophesy, The One To Come” Isaiah 9:1-6 Believe it or not, this is the start of Advent! Less than one month until the Christmas day. Less than one month left to shop, to go to parties, to see family, to wrap gifts, to deliver gifts, to receive gifts, to send cards,...

This Is It – Christmas Eve Sermon, Dec. 24, 2010

My Christmas Eve reflection. Merry Christmas to all! “This Is It!” Well my friends. We have made it. This is the night we’ve all been waiting for. No more shopping. No more baking. No more fussing. No more endless running around. Tonight we relax and enjoy the...

Sermon, November 4, 2007

“Peace to the Lost” Nov 4, 2007 – Luke 19:1-10 If we go back to the scripture reading from last week, which Scott preached on, and look at it and the stories between it and today’s Gospel reading, we would find the following characters: a pharisee and a...