First Communion
October 8, 2025
Scripture: Luke 11:9-13 In the book Angela’s Ashes, Frank McCourt tells the story of his first communion as a boy in
Scripture: Luke 11:9-13 In the book Angela’s Ashes, Frank McCourt tells the story of his first communion as a boy in
Scripture: Luke 5:4-11 and Matthew 11:25-30 When I was about nine years old, we moved from a house in the city
A sermon shared at the Suttons Bay Congregational Church, August 24, 2025 Scripture: John 8:21-32 You’d have liked my dad.
“The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want. He maketh me to lie down in green pastures; he leadeth
Scripture: Mark 14:3-9 and John 12:1-8 I have for many years taught a course at the University of Michigan called
Scripture: Matthew 25:14-30 and Mark 11:12-14 I have a longstanding interest in the origins of words. Words come from all
1 Corinthians 16 has a prescription for living through hard times that I have returned to again and again: “Keep
It has recently become popular to purge the concepts of diversity, equity, and inclusion from our vocabularies and institutions. The
Scripture: Matthew 4:12-22 Let me tell you a story. I guess it’s a confession, of sorts. In the 1980s and
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 13:1-7 Some parts of the divine creation come directly from God. Think of the universe, the planets,
