Children’s Sunday Sermons
July 4, 2010 Good morning boys and girls. Today I want us to think about some of the “shapes” that we can see in nature — shapes that we see […]
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Lord, Teach Us To Pray
Many of us find it very easy, I am sure, to identify with the disciple who came to Jesus and said, “Lord, teach us how to pray.” Lord, teach us
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What Are We Listening For?
It was high noon in midtown Manhattan. The streets were buzzing with activity: crowds of people scurrying to lunch; auto horns honking; brakes screeching; a siren wailing. Two men were
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Reach For The Cord!
Just a few hours before His crucifixion, Jesus prayed to the Father that His disciples might experience eternal life. “And eternal life is this,” He prayed, “to know You, the
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Where Freedom Reigns
Land where our fathers died/Land of the pilgrim’s pride/ From every mountainside/Let freedom ring! On “Independence Day,” the American people celebrate the great gift of freedom they have received as
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Which Is Me?
In the “Wizard of Oz” legend, a great cyclone strikes in the state of Kansas, transporting young Dorothy to a strange land called Oz. She meets three very engaging characters
Children’s Sunday Sermons June 2010
Children’s Sunday Sermon June 6, 2010 Good morning girls and boys. How many here have thought about what you would like to be when you grow up? Let’s hear some
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Duty Calls!
In the Oratorio, “Donna Nobis Pacem,”1 the music is set to selections from the poetry of Walt Whitman. It opens with a biting expression of disappointment in the Church: Who
Our Only Real Security
In today’s Gospel Lesson, Jesus once again gives His formula for a heart that will be full: “If anyone wants to be a follower of Mine, let him renounce himself
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He’ll Do Anything For Us
In today’s Gospel Lesson, Jesus is a dinner guest in the home of a Pharisee named Simon. A woman of the street learns that Jesus is in the Pharisee’s house
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Why Go Hungry?
A rather portly pastor had been encouraged by some members of his congregation to lose weight. Finally, he decided to take their advice. His doctor gave him a detailed diet
Children’s Sunday Sermons May 2010
Children’s Sunday Sermon May 2, 2010 Good morning boys and girls. Have you ever heard the expression, “Laughter is the best medicine”? Did you know it’s a fact that laughter
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Keeping It Real
In today’s Gospel Lesson, Jesus says to the disciples, “I still have many things to say to you but they would be too much for you now. But when the
Breathe It In
Most time-honored, “inspired” works of art, literature and music did not just “happen” as the result of some frenzied experiment. An inspired performance rarely pops out of the blue or
Let God Do The Rest
In a book containing a collection of letters that children have addressed to God, a little boy named Eric writes, “Dear God, is it okay to talk to You even
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Accept The Commission!
You may not consider yourself a Scripture scholar, but you probably know the Old Testament word for “peace”: the beautiful Hebrew word, “shalom.” In the Bible the word means so
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No Quarrel
Veteran comics know that they can always get a laugh by dipping into their storehouse of husband-and-wife jokes — lover’s quarrels. For example … “My wife and I had a
Are You Listening?
The story in today’s Gospel Lesson begins as Jesus walks up and down in the Temple area. People gather around Him and begin asking some searching questions: “How much longer
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Give Him Your Hand!
There is the wonderful story of an elderly woman in a nursing home who was faced with a very hard choice. Being a rabid baseball fan, she had been following
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Answer The Call!
Thomas’ confession — “My Lord and my God” — is the most profound expression of Jesus’ Lordship and Divinity to be found in all of Scripture. It goes beyond belief
