Psalm 125 We come this morning to the sixth of the psalms of ascent, Psalm 125. These psalms, 120 to 134 are psalms the Hebrew pilgrims sang as they made their way up to Jerusalem for the three annual festivals. Each psalm speaks to a part of the journey. Psalm 120 starts out with the…
Psalm 122 What is the best excuse you ever heard for not going to church? This past year I wrote, with my father, his oral history. He was in the Navy in the Pacific during WWII and this is his excuse: In the Navy, I went to church once. And there was an earthquake. It…
Psalm 121 Just a couple weeks ago, lottery fever swept across the United States. The largest jackpot in US history was available, 363 million dollars. It cost only $1 to buy a ticket with the right combination of numbers and be a winner. For just $1 you could win 363 million dollars. Of course imaginative…
Matthew 25: 31-46 Since my daughter Caitlin is here this Sunday, I thought I’d tell you about a time when our family acted out this story of the Judgement Day and the sheep and goats being separated. There was a period of time when we, as a family, for our devotions, used to read a…
Mark 10:13-16 We have a special treat this morning: five babies to be dedicated to God. We have Adam (who does not yet have a last name – but then neither did his namesake), Karim Al Afour, Sarah Madeline Carr, Claire Amal Smith and Neriyah L. Smith. My two daughters, Elizabeth Ann and Caitlin Lee,…