Preacher's Corner
Called To What?
SECOND READING HEBREWS 5:1-10 / GOSPEL MARK 10:35-45Well there’s that name again: “Melchizedek.” Even those who are fairly good at dwelling in their bibles as much as possible are only...
Staying Open To The Impossible
FIRST READING ISAIAH 25:6-9
SECOND READINGS: REVELATION 21:1-6A / GOSPEL JOHN 11:32-44
I am always amazed at...
Boldly We Go
FIRST READING JOB 23:1-9, 16-17 / SECOND READING HEBREWS 4:12-16
I think that generally speaking modern men...
Not As It Should Be
FIRST READING JOB 1:1, 2:1-10 / GOSPEL MARK 10:2-16
Our Old Testament scripture today gives us this...
The Great Escape
PSALM 124:1-8 / SECOND READING JAMES 5:13-20 Have you ever made a seriously “great escape” in your...
The Servant of All
OK all you women out there – do you hear what the scripture is clearly saying? Get to work! There’s wool and flax to be...
The Word on Our Words
PSALM 19:1-14 / SECOND READING JAMES 3:1-12
1The heavens are telling the glory of God; and the firmament proclaims his handiwork. 2Day to day pours...
To Whom Can We Go?
FIRST READING 1 KINGS 8:(1, 6, 10-11) 22-30 / GOSPEL JOHN 6:56-69
Ah – the wisdom of Solomon. Remember that his father David wanted to build...
Partaking of The Word Made Flesh
FIRST READING 1 KINGS 2:10-12, 3:3-14 / GOSPEL JOHN 6:51-58Of ALL the things that Solomon could have asked for . . . he asks...
It’s All Connected
2 SAMUEL 11:26-12:13A / Psalm 51 / EPHESIANS 4:1-16
“I have sinned against the Lord.”
That is all that David says in response to Nathan’s story and...
Thou Shall Not Hate
FIRST READING JAMES 1:17-27/ GOSPEL MARK 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23
Watching the tragic events unfold at Smith Mountain Lake, in which two of our local television reporters...