Text: Psalm 42 and 1 Kings 19:1-15a Blessed are the crazy. Blessed are those who experience feelings of anxiety and are consumed by worry. Blessed are those who have suicidal thoughts. Blessed are those who have survived trauma. Blessed are those are trapped in cycles of addiction. Blessed are the crazy. Blessed. That isn’t the…
Sing! Play! Summer! – How Great Thou Art
Text: Psalm 8 There are moments in our lives when we cannot help but sing our praises to the Creator of the universe. Maybe you’ve felt it standing on the side of a mountain… resting on the sand with your toes in the ocean… quietly sitting on a deer stand in the middle of the…
Sing! Play! Summer! – Lord of the Dance
Text: 2 Samuel 6:14-22 There was a stately, beautiful church on the corner of Main and Broad streets. The members were known for their love and care for one another. On Easter Sunday, the pews were full of folks in their Sunday best, smiling graciously to one another and all of the guests who were…
Sing! Play! Summer! – My Lighthouse
Text: Matthew 14:22-33 For the last couple of weeks it has been so incredibly dry around here. It was such a blessing this morning to wake up around 5am with the sounds of thunder gentle rolling and raindrops hitting the earth. You know… it was in a dark hour like that – during the fourth…
Sing! Play! Summer! – Hymn of Promise / In the Garden
Text: Isaiah 46:8-13 I’m just going to say it out loud… these have been some difficult weeks we have shared together: The loss and grief we have experienced… The pain in the world in the wake of mass shootings and the crisis of migration and climate… The sense of helplessness about being able to do…
Sing! Play! Summer! – Holy, Holy, Holy Lord God Almighty
Text: Isaiah 6:1-8 “We keep a troubled vigil at the bedside of the world,” writes Howard Thurman, “Thus we clutch the moment of intimacy in worship when we become momentarily a part of a larger whole, a fleeting strength, which we pit against all the darkness and the dread of our times. We don’t have…
Sing! Play! Summer! – Amazing Grace
Text: Luke 15 I have a fantastic sense of direction. If you drop me in a new place with a map, I can easily get my bearings and find my way. When I think about it, I can’t remember a time that I have ever been lost… at least not while I was navigating! I…
Sing! Play! Summer! – The Old Rugged Cross
Text: 1 Corinthians 1:18-29 A young rabbi found a serious problem in his new congregation. During the Friday service, half the congregation stood for the prayers and half remained seated, and each side insisted that theirs was the true tradition. Nothing the rabbi said or did moved toward solving the impasse. Finally, in desperation, the…