Category Archives: Sermons

I have already exceeded the time I expected to spend as your Interim pastor. It has all been good. The first year was the source of great joy, as Elayne and I revived old friendships and formed new ones. A … Continue reading →

Psalm 25:1-10, Mark 1:9-15 I have a friend who is a  very successful and multi-talented person. When he attended high school, he played short-stop on a State Championship Baseball Team, and he also represented North Carolina in the Shrine Bowl, … Continue reading →

Mark 9:2-9, 2 Corinthians 4:3-6 In the story of the Transfiguration, there are three sets of players and one big reveal.

My favorite books are those which “contain a lot in a little.” They breathe a rarefied air into everyone who reads them, and this fresh and bracing oxygen serves to activate millions of hitherto unused brain cells. “Man’s Search for … Continue reading →

John 1:43-51. 43 The next day Jesus decided to go to Galilee. He found Philip and said to him, “Follow me.”  44 Now Philip was from Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter.  45 Philip found Nathanael and said to him, … Continue reading →