My senior year in college at Valparaiso University, I lived in an off-campus apartment. One Saturday morning, a local pastor knocked on...

Have you ever heard the Shel Silverstein poem “I Can’t Go To School Today”? It’s a little long so I won’t read the entire thing, but it...

There’s a funny comic I saw around Christmastime of baby Jesus in the manager surrounded by animals. All the animals say something nice...

Today is Pentecost. It’s the day we celebrate when the disciples became apostles, when those who learn became those who are sent out....

Jesus prayed the night before he died for oneness. Not just for his disciples, but for all his followers who would come after. Oneness...

This Easter season we’ve been reading from the book of Revelation as our first lesson, and if you attended adult forum last week you...

There’s a funny video of a boy who helps a sheep stuck in a ditch. Maybe you’ve seen it on YouTube. The boy struggles to free the...

In his book Faith and Doubt Pastor John Ortberg tells the story of a girl named Agnes. He writes: “From the time she was a young girl,...

There’s a story about a man who lost his keys one night. It was dark out and he was out searching for them underneath a streetlight. A...

There’s a story about a brother and a sister reunified after 30 years of being separated by the Berlin Wall. The sister Sigrid married...

At the center of this Gospel passage is Mary of Bethany. She is the sister of Martha and Lazarus. You may remember her from the Mary...

* Today’s gospel: about things that are “lost - & found” 1 lost sheep, and a shepherd who leaves the 99 to find the one. 1 lost coin, and...

An internet search reveals there are currently five major wars ongoing in the world. There is of course the war in Ukraine in which...

I recently read a story online about something that happened during a forest fire at Yellowstone National Park. After one particular...

Today is Transfiguration Sunday. It’s the final Sunday before Lent, the bridge between Epiphany and Lent. If you remember the first...

Forgiveness is an important theme that’s at the heart of Jesus’ teaching. Actually it’s at the heart of the entire Bible. The Old...

There once was a poor boy in ancient China. He had wealthy neighbors who had a son and they would play together and became friends. As...

Today we heard two great stories of how God reached out to a prophet and a disciple. The first reading we heard this morning is the...

The first time I ever preached a sermon was to my home congregation in Thomaston. Which was 11 years ago now. I knew I wanted to go to...

This time of the church year is a period of firsts. Last week we heard about Jesus’ first miracle when he turned water into wine. And...