by admin | May 8, 2022 | 2022-04 Easter, Homepage, Podcast
05/08/2022 – The Folly and Wisdom of Sheep Acts 9:36-43; Psalm 23; Revelation 7:9-17; John 10:22-30. Scripture uses a lot of Shepherding imagery to describe our relationship to God, but also to call out our tendency to act like sheep. To act foolishly and against our...
by admin | Apr 24, 2022 | 2022-04 Easter, Homepage, Podcast
04/24/2022 – The “God-card”, Tears of Joy, and not-so Doubting Thomas Acts 5:27-32; Psalm 150; Revelation 1:4-8; John 20:19-31. Using all four of this week’s lectionary texts, we touch on three questions. When is it right and when is it wrong to play...
by admin | Apr 17, 2022 | 2022-04 Easter, Homepage, Podcast
04/17/2022 – He is Risen! He is Risen Indeed! AHe is Risen. He is Risen indeed! Sometimes places tell stories. The geography of Jesus’ journey on Holy Week can teach us a lot about God’s Kingdom and about the significance of Mary Magdalene’s presence...
by admin | Apr 10, 2022 | 2022-03 Lent, Homepage, Podcast
04/10/2022 – Lent Week Six – A Donkey and a Warhorse It’s passover week. Jerusalem is crowded. It’s the time of year when Rome sends a military procession into Jerusalem as a reminder of who’s in charge. Against this backdrop and in sharp...
by admin | Apr 3, 2022 | 2022-03 Lent, Homepage, Podcast
04/03/2022 – Lent Week Five – With Perfume and Her Hair Isaiah 43:16-21; Psalm 126; Philippians 3:4b-14; John 12:1-8. In John chapter 12 Mary wipes jesus’s feet with perfume and her hair. This is a peculiar story, but it can teach us a great deal about...
by admin | Mar 27, 2022 | 2022-03 Lent, Homepage, Podcast
03/27/2022 – Lent Week Four – The Two Sins of Two Sons Joshua 5:9-12; Psalm 32; 2 Corinthians 5:16-21; Luke 15:1-3, 11b-32. With a little help from two 1956 sermon outlines from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., we take a fresh look at the Prodigal Son story, and the...
by admin | Mar 26, 2022 | Homepage, Uncategorized |
Habitat for Humanity Build Day Saturday, 4/2/20228:15am –3:30pmMaybrook Townhomes1525 Oxleymare Dr., Raleigh 27610 CLICK HERE to register and sign-up! Scroll down to SATURDAY, 4/2/2022 (Maybrook Townhomes – Raleigh) and select “SIGN UP” Create an Account and Password...
by admin | Mar 20, 2022 | 2022-03 Lent, Homepage, Podcast
03/20/2022 – Lent Week Three – Temples, Towers and Fig Trees Isaiah 55:1-9; Psalm 63:1-8; 1 Corinthians 10:1-13; Luke 13:1-9. What does Pontius Pilate attacking Galileans in the temple and the collapsing of a tower have to do with a fig tree? And with faith in...
by admin | Mar 13, 2022 | 2022-03 Lent, Homepage, Podcast
03/13/2022 – Lent Week Two – Living Within and Against Barrenness Genesis 15:1-12, 17-18; Psalm 27; Philippians 3:17-4:1; Luke 13:31-35. God promised Abram (Abraham) he would become a great nation, but in his old age, he and Sarai (Sarah) were still without an...
by admin | Mar 6, 2022 | 2022-03 Lent, Homepage, Podcast
03/06/2022 – Lent Week One – Trust Today is the first Sunday of lent, and all of our lectionary texts are about trust in god. What can the temptation of Jesus in the wilderness teach us about how to trust God in an increasingly fearful and prideful world? Our...
