Psalm 118: 1-2, 19-29 A Song of Victory 1 O give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; his steadfast love endures forever! 2 Let Israel...

Isaiah 26: 3-4 3 Those of steadfast mind you keep in peace— in peace because they trust in you. 4 Trust in the Lord forever, for in the...

Romans 8: 6-11 6 To set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace. 7 For this reason the mind...

Psalm 23 23 The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. 2 He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still...

Luke 15: 11-24 The Parable of the Prodigal and His Brother 11 Then Jesus[a] said, “There was a man who had two sons. 12 The younger of...

First United Methodist Church of Oak Park First Sunday of Lent Sermon Series: Transformed to be Transforming** “Setting Goals by Faith”...

New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) 2 Corinthians 5:20b-6:10 5:20b We entreat you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God. 5:21 For...

Luke 9: 28-36 (37-43) The Transfiguration 28 Now about eight days after these sayings Jesus[a] took with him Peter and John and James,...

Psalm 22:2 2 O my God, I cry by day, but you do not answer; and by night, but find no rest. John 15:7 7 If you abide in me, and my words...

1 Corinthians 13: 1-13 13 If I speak in the tongues of mortals and of angels, but do not have love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging...

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...