For reasons of space and simplicity this section usually contains one theme, thought, and message. This week, in honor of Halloween, I offer two messages modeled on the day’s mantra: trick or treat. Part I: The Trick We’ve got a problem in our nation that is of Biblical proportion, and threatens to trick us into…
Call it the preacher’s curse: the insatiable need to find a metaphor and message in everything from the mundane to the momentous. I’ve got it bad… Early one morning this week I was on my bike cruising down Governor Printz Boulevard with a cold north wind blowing off the Delaware into my face. Off to…
Then Peter said, ‘Can anyone withhold the water for baptizing these people who have received the Holy Spirit just as we have?’ Acts 10:46-47 In worship this Sunday we will celebrate covenants, community, and the blessings of belonging. First we will gather around the font of grace, and witness the pouring of the baptismal waters…