Sermons

Mark 10: 3-16 I don’t know about you, but when I look back, childhood seems long, long ago!  Yet, there are things that I did as a child that I still enjoy doing today.  I bet some of you do too.  Did any of you receive a coloring book each Christmas from Santa?  I did…

Mark 9: 38-50 Let me begin this morning with a story I read on line this week.  A man stopped by a barber shop for a shave where the barber and his wife were stanch Lutherans. When the man asked for a shave the barber told him, “My wife Grace will shave you. “The man…

Mark 9: 30-37 This morning I am going to ask you to go back in time to your childhood days. For some of us, this trip back will be longer than for others.  I want you to think about some of the dreams you had back then.  What did you dream of being when you …

Mark 8: 27-38 I think that it is safe to say that at times there are things that we just don’t get.   Let me share this story with you to illustrate. Sitting on the side of the highway waiting to catch a speeding driver, a State Police Officer sees a car puttering along at 22…

               Mark 7: 24-37 Some of us have better hearing than others.  Let’s take my dachshunds for example.  It has been said that as a breed they tend to not hear their names when you are standing next to them, but can hear a candy wrapper being taken off a piece of candy five rooms…

This morning our message is comes from our reading of the first chapter of James.  A few weeks ago we talked about Paul’s words to the Ephesians and to us as well.  “Be very careful, then, how you live.” Paul’s words emphasize that we need to live God’s words with our own words and actions. …