Greetings in the name of our risen Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ! I begin this week's Witness with a huge THANK YOU for the warm...

On July 18th more than two dozens members of First UMC of Oak Park lined both sides of Oak Park ave. outside the church and encouraged...

Greetings in the name of our risen Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ! I am delighted to greet you on the eve of my officially becoming your...

Good morning. I am really happy to be able to be here with you once again as a guest pastor. I am going to do something a bit different...

The story goes that a husband and wife always had the same roast beef, cooked the same way. The wife always cut the ends off the roast...

One of my favorite parts about being a pastor is doing what is called pastoral care. Pastoral care is generally described as shepherding...

Good morning. I want to talk to you today about the practice of prayer. I think it is safe to say that all of us here have practiced...

The Moment in Which We Find Ourselves Exodus 16: 1-8 and Matthew 5: 13-16 INTRO: It’s been a year! We are caught between two worlds like...

The parable of the talents is definitely familiar. Stewardship messages have worn it out. But if we think this parable is about...

As parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles, we try to teach our young beloveds to be respectful, to be kind, and –to varying degrees – to...

If we were sharing stories over coffee or tea, I’m sure that we could tell some really good ones about bosses we’ve had. Some would be...

There is a Resurrection – and it is for us too! Matthew 28: 1-10 Perhaps you come to Easter with a dose of skepticism. What do an...

“By the authority vested in me…” We hear these words at weddings, or movie or television weddings. The phrase means that some other power...

So, today we find the disciples caught in a storm, and they are panicking! And who won’t? Whether it is a storm in life or a storm in the...

Our journey through the healing stories in Matthew parallels our own experience, that healing doesn’t always progress along a straight...

Such faith…where do you see it? She was just 13, but her clothes and hair and mannerisms might have led you to believe she was 20. Her...

Universal experience The search for improved health is something that we can all relate to – either for ourselves or for a loved one. ...

Be geese! (Grandpa and grandson: Fishing and watch geese in V – and explain the teamwork of their flight) Diversity makes us stronger. We...

(The music from Mister Rogers plays) Does that music bring a smile to your face? Perhaps it brings back memories of watching Mister...

The Golden Rule is a rule of thumb for many of us. For some of us it may have been the cultural version: “Whoever has the gold makes the...