by The Rev. Cynthia Leslie Simmons | Jul 23, 2023
Note: Prior to the sermon, Pastor Simmons and Pastor Clifton presented the children’s book “The Runaway Bunny” in dramatic form as a modern parable to help understand the scripture. Francis Thompson was an English poet who, in 1890, published a poem called The Hound...
by The Rev. Cynthia Leslie Simmons | Nov 21, 2021
Listen When I was a small child, I was very fond of fairy tales and deeply regretted the fact that I lived in a country led by a president rather than a king. Kings and queens sounded so much more glamorous than senators and representatives and presidents. And since...
by The Rev. Cynthia Leslie Simmons | Aug 22, 2021
Listen Esau and Jacob were twins, but they were nothing alike in appearance or temperament. Esau was an outdoorsman – a hunter – and since his father Isaac enjoyed eating the game Esau brought home, Esau was his father’s favorite son. Jacob, on the other...