by Rev. Karen Kinney | Mar 23, 2025
Every year, I plant a row of zinnias in my backyard. And, then I wait because those seeds take a bit of time to come up. Sometimes, the seeds result in a glorious row of brightly colored flowers and sometimes they resemble a sad sack, hit or miss row of blooms...
by Rev. Karen Kinney | Mar 16, 2025
How many of you have ever heard a sermon about this story that asked if you were a Martha or a Mary? A doer or a listener? A worker bee or a faithful church goer? What if this is all just a false binary? What if these aren’t the right questions to ask at all? Because...
by Rev. Karen Kinney | Mar 9, 2025
It’s important to know a few things about what is happening in this narrative from Luke. First, this “expert in the law”, is trying to trip Jesus up. This question is a test. He should know that eternal life in his time was a gift freely given – one didn’t have to do...
by Rev. Karen Kinney | Mar 2, 2025
This is such a mind-boggling narrative, isn’t it? Imagine you are Peter, James or John – you’ve gone up to the mountain with Jesus to pray and you awake from a sleepy state to witness Jesus’ face being totally changed and his clothes as bright as a flash of lightning!...
by Rev. Suzanne Trump | Feb 9, 2025
Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Amen I am one of the lucky ones, I know that I own my own boat, and I have a business I am grateful for all that God has given me I go to synagogue, and I do what I can But last night, that was...
by Rev. Dr. Stephen Simmons | Jan 5, 2025
Ephesians 1: 3-11 (Common English Bible) Matthew 2: 2-12 (Common English Bible) Happy New Year! As we wade into this year of our Lord 2025, I’d like to begin with an old camp song that goes, appropriately enough, to the tune of “Auld Lang Syne.” Maybe you know it....
