by Robin Lawrie | Dec 5, 2019 | Sermons
Each of the Gospels report that Jesus was not crucified alone, but only Luke reports the conversation that took place as the three men died. Luke does not name the two criminals who were executed with Jesus, but the apocryphal gospel of Nicodemus does. According to...
by Robin Lawrie | Jul 2, 2019 | Sermons
This is the fifth and final week we will hear the wild and extraordinary tales of Elijah, the 8th century Hebrew prophet who fiercely defended Yahweh against worship of the Canaanite Baals, fertility gods. We hear of Elijah, the man of God, the miracle worker, Elijah...
by Robin Lawrie | May 16, 2019 | Sermons
By now we all realize that the empty tomb wasn’t the end of the Jesus story. Not by a long shot! By now, two weeks after Easter Day, the Day of the Resurrection, by now we realize that the empty tomb was just the beginning, just the beginning of the Christ event. ...
by Robin Lawrie | May 16, 2019 | Sermons
April 28, 2019 Sermon by the Reverend Jo-Ann R. Murphy, D.Min. ‘Life is short and we do not have much time to gladden the hearts of those who make the journey with us. So, be swift to love, and make haste to be kind.’ “Have you heard the one about the...
by Robin Lawrie | Apr 15, 2019 | Sermons
Are you a person who plays by the rules? Are you a person who colors inside the lines, a person who waits her turn, pays his fare share, and honors her obligations? Or, are you a person who marches to the beat of a different drummer, one who as they say “pushes the...