Speaking Truth To Power

July 15, 2018
Bible Text: Mark 6:14-29 | Preacher: Jeff Barrell Today’s reading from Mark reads like palace intrigue and conspiracy against John the Baptist. We first hear about John when Jesus goes…

The Reach of Compassion

June 10, 2018
Bible Text: Mark 3:21: “When his family heard it, they went out to restrain him, for people were saying, ‘He has gone out of his mind.’” | Preacher: Mark Edington…

Are you resting?

June 3, 2018
Bible Text: Mark 2:27: Then he said to them, ‘The sabbath was made for humankind, and not humankind for the sabbath...” | Preacher: Mark Edington Not long ago I came…

The Question of the Age

April 22, 2018
Bible Text: Matt. 21:23, Mark 11:28, Luke 20:2: “By what authority are you doing these things, and who gave you this authority?” | Preacher: Mark Edington I’ve recently been reading…

Despair: Drive and Danger

February 4, 2018
Bible Text: Mark 1:39: “... And the whole city was gathered around the door.” | Preacher: Mark Edington Imagine with me, for just a moment, a story. Imagine that there…

Weighty Words

January 28, 2018
Bible Text: Mark 1:27b: “What is this? A new teaching—with authority!” | Preacher: Mark Edington Sometimes the lectionary offers a group of lessons for Sunday morning that seem to speak…

In It With Me

January 7, 2018
Bible Text: Mark 1:9: “In those days Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan.”” | Preacher: Mark Edington Where I grew up, this…