Text: John 14:27b: “I do not give you as the world gives.” I work among a number of researchers. They come from a variety of fields and disciplines. A fairly significant…
Text: John 13:25: “By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.” Not so long ago there were signs out on the roads…

Old Words For a New Day

April 22, 2013
Text: Psalm 23:4: "Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil." This was supposed to be a sermon on a section of…

Where do we go from here?

April 16, 2013
Within an hour after the attack in Boston on Monday, many out-of-town friends texted or e-mailed to check in. Yes, we were okay. Okay, but desperately sad. Soon enough it…

Networks and Nets

April 15, 2013
Text: John 21:6: “He said to them, ‘Cast the net to the right side of the boat, and you will find some.’ ” During the season of Easter this year I have…

A Hope Greater Than Pity

April 1, 2013
Text: 1 Corinthians 15:19: “Truly, if our hope in Christ were limited only to this life we should, of all people, be the most to be pitied!” (J.B. Phillips) I just have…

Walking Our Talk

March 26, 2013
To read the lessons for this day, click here. Now that a new pope has been seated in Rome, and a new Archbishop of Canterbury has been seated in England,…

A Shift in Perspective

March 14, 2013
To see the readings for this day, click here. Text: 2 Corinthans 5:16: “From now on, we regard no one from a human point of view.” This is a sermon…

The Waiting Year

March 4, 2013
Lessons for this day are found at this link. Text: Luke 13:9: “If it bears fruit next year, well and good; but if not, you can cut it down.” Out at…

Things We Can’t Do Without

February 28, 2013
Text: Ps. 27:14: “Though my father and my mother forsake me, the Lord will sustain me.” Maybe by now in your own observance of Lent this year you have decided to slightly…