Category: Sermons

Mark 4:26 NLT Watch on YouTube [1] Do you know Ramona?  Ramona is a little girl who is the lead character inthe children’s book series by Beverly Cleary.  I think of Ramona whenever I say something that sounds like something else because of her misunderstanding in the book Ramona the Pest. Ramona thinks she’s mastered the ...

Luke 19:1-10NLT Watch on YouTube Today we’re talking about justice, a word that can mean different things to different people.  When I was a kid, I thought justice meant this: If you break a rule, there’s going to be a punishment. If you do something mean or bad to your brother, you’re going to have ...

2 Corinthians 4:5-12NRSV Watch on YouTube I like finding funny words.  For example: Cattywampus Cattywampus means askew, awry, not centered or out of balance. Some say that the Wampus cat is "a creature heard whining about camps at night," or "a spiritual green-eyed cat, having occult powers." Cherokee legend says a wampus cat is a ...

John 3:1-17 Watch on YouTube [1] I’ll never forget the time I went to a presbytery meeting to be approved to start the process of becoming a pastor in the PCUSA.  At that first appearance, the questions are supposed to be about the candidate’s life of faith and not about anything deeply theological.  But on ...

Ezekiel 37, Acts 2 Watch on YouTube How many of you like the wind?[1] It’s not my favorite.  So why don’t we just get rid of it? What would the world be like without any wind? No hurricanes or tornadoes.  That would be nice.  But also, no storms, and no weather, either. The wet places ...