Category: Ministers Blog

SERMON SHORT FOR June 13th, 2021 GALE – THE PERFECT CHURCH! Colossians 3:12-14, Matthew 13:24-32          Jesus tells a parable: things are not perfect in God’s garden, some weeds have cropped up. Some evil is present. In gardening season you…

SERMON SHORT FOR June 6th, 2021 CHOOSE A KING 1st Samuel 8:4–22, Mark 3:20–35             In today’s story from our ancient history we hear the people demand that Samuel appoint a king over them so “that we also may be…

SERMON SHORT FOR MAY 30th, 2021 COLD HEART – HOT LIPS John 3:1-17, Isaiah 6:1-8            Isaiah saw the Lord.  Six chapters into his prophesy and he saw the Lord.  The year of King Uzziah’s death. The government changed. The…

SERMON SHORT FOR MAY 23rd, 2021 THEY SAID WE WERE DRUNK! Acts 2: 1-21, John 15:26 – 16:15             When was the last time you were proud of being accused of being drunk? It happened in the Bible once. This…

SERMON SHORT FOR MAY 16th, 2021 ACT LIKE YOU LOVE Deuteronomy 6:1-25, Luke 10:25-37           Our patience, our families, our spirits are frayed at the edge while the pandemic lingers over our lives. A lot of us have had enough.…

SERMON SHORT FOR MAY 9th, 2021 WIND, SPIRIT, BREATH Acts 10:1-8, 44–48, John 3:1-10           The Holy Spirit features big in the story from Acts this week. Actually, the Holy Spirit is the main player throughout the whole book of…

APRIL 2 & 4, 2021 GOOD FRIDAY AND EASTER SERMON SHORT: CAN’T HAVE ONE WITHOUT THE OTHER Every year a minister is called upon to imagine a new and creative way to talk about Good Friday. Every year a minister…

SERMON SHORT FOR MARCH 28th, 2021 PALM/PASSION SUNDAY A DAY ONLY THE LORD COULD MAKE Genesis 1:1-5, John 12:12-16.           I have always felt Palm Sunday is a bit of a wonky liturgical day. We can use it to celebrate…

SERMON SHORT FOR MARCH 21st, 2021 GLORY John 12:20-33, Hebrews 5:5-10, Psalm 51:1-12           Take a good look at the people we glorify in our culture. Our heroes are as much an indication of who and what we are as…

SERMON SHORT FOR March 14th, 2021 THE DOUBLE EDGED GOSPEL Numbers 21:4-9, John 3: 14-21, Psalm 103:1-3, 17-22           It’s a peculiar thing in our bible stories that often the blessings for God’s people are also the downfall of God’s…

SERMON SHORT FOR March 7th, 2021 RIGHTEOUS ANGER Exodus 20:1-17, John 2:13-22           Remember the day that gentle-Jesus-meek-and-mild threw a hissy-fit in the temple?           Jesus did not lash out at the people there, he was lashing out at their…

SERMON SHORT FOR February 28th, 2021 SPINNING IT RIGHT Isaiah 53:1-12, Psalm 22:23-31, Mark 8:31–38           Martin Luther King Jr said, “Most Christians are thermometers that record or register the temperature of majority opinion, not thermostats that transform and regulate…

SERMON SHORT FOR February 21st, 2021 DON’T FALL ASLEEP IN CHURCH 1st Samuel 3:1-21, Psalm 139:1-6, 13-18, John 1:43-51           Be careful if you have become too accustomed to things always being the same in your life, and in your…

SERMON SHORT FOR February 14th, 2021 A NEW KIND OF ENDING Psalm 83, Luke 21:25-33             This week the request from two people is: “I’ve always wanted to hear a sermon about … The second coming of Christ.” This…

SERMON SHORT FOR February 7th, 2021 THE YEAR THAT WAS Psalm 119:33-40, Matthew 5:1-16           This Sunday we will look back on the year that was. From dumpster fires to the election of America’s first female vice president; from murder…

SERMON SHORT FOR January 31st, 2021 LOVE WINS Luke 7:1-10, Micah 4:1-5, Psalm 133 Another entry in our “I’ve always wanted to hear a sermon about …” “I would like to hear about non-believers and what God has planned for…

  SERMON SHORT FOR January 24th, 2021 WHEN BAD THINGS HAPPEN BY GOOD PEOPLE Psalm 51, Psalm 120, Matthew 5:38-42, Judges Chapters 19-21  “I’VE ALWAYS WANTED TO HEAR A SERMON ABOUT …” The Bible has many wonderful stories, which we’ve…

SERMON SHORT FOR January 17th, 2021 TWO REALMS IN THE ONE SPIRIT Genesis 1, Psalm 8 “I’VE ALWAYS WANTED TO HEAR A SERMON ABOUT …”           We asked people to finish this sentence as a starter for our themes of…

SERMON SHORT FOR JANUARY 10th, 2021 LET’S START THE NEW YEAR RIGHT Isaiah 40:1-11, Luke 10:25-37           Here we are in a new year. This happens every year and I expect most of us are used to it now. We…

SERMON SHORT FOR December 13th, 2020 Advent 3 A VERY COVID CHRISTMAS PAGEANT Isaiah 61:1–2, John 1:1-18 This is the Sunday for the candle of Joy. We turn a major portion of our worship to show real joy in retelling…