YES! We Are Able to Care for Our Children
Text: Mark 9: 33-37, 42-43, 10:13-16 For twenty-seven years, faith communities across the United States have been observing the “Children’s Sabbath,” lifting a united voice…
salvagedfaith
Text: Mark 9:38-41 Sometimes the best thing a preacher can do is to be real and authentic. And so I’m going to confess that I’m…
YES! We are Able to Claim Our Faith
63% of American households have pets. According to estimates from the American Pet Products Manufacturers Association that Americans own approximately 73 million dogs, 90 million…
YES!: Are Ye Able?
Text: Mark 10:35-45 This summer, we invited each of our households here at Immanuel to read a book together: Defying Gravity by Tom Berlin. Berlin…
The Tie that Binds
Text: Colossians 3: 12-17 I want to start off our message this morning by thanking all of you for the gentleness, patience, and tolerance that…
A Way Forward? Which Way?
Text: Acts 15 The book of the Acts of the Apostles is the story of how the good news of Jesus spread from Jerusalem, through…
A Way Forward? To Each Their Own Convictions
Text: Romans 14:4-12 “How do we know we are following the way of Christ?… How do we navigate the culture around us? What happens…
A Way Forward? 25-cent words
Texts: Philippians 4:8-9, Matthew 22:34-40 This past year as I taught confirmation, one of our lessons focused on how we are all theologians. I wrote…