by admin | Nov 19, 2021 | Beloved Community, Sermons
November 14, 2021 SCRIPTURE READING: Ruth 4:13-17 I’ve been thinking about 2 sayings. One probably comes out of ancient history. The other from three Sundays ago right here at St. John’s First, the one from St. John’s (from Earl Rieves): “You think it was YOUR idea to...
by admin | Oct 20, 2021 | Beloved Community, Sermons
October 17, 2021 SCRIPTURE READING: Mark 10:35-45 SERMON: I’ve just spent the last thirty-six hours engaging off and on with a group of women and their husbands from Mary Ann’s 50th Reunion at St. Joseph’s University in Cincinnati. It was surprising how often the...
by admin | Sep 28, 2021 | Beloved Community, Sermons
September 26, 2021 SCRIPTURE READING: Numbers 11:4-6, 10-16, 24-29 Some people don’t like the Old Testament because it is irrelevant. I’ll admit some of the stories recorded there make you cringe, but here’s a story that is as old as any in the Bible and yet is so...
by admin | Sep 24, 2021 | Beloved Community, Sermons
September 19, 2021 SCRIPTURE: Numbers 21:4b-9 I am nearly finished with this irregular series that attempts to share with you what I envision for St. John’s. Again, I want to assure you that just because I envision it, doesn’t mean it ought to become reality. I...
by admin | Sep 13, 2021 | Beloved Community, Sermons
September 12, 2021 SCRIPTURE READING: Mark 8:27-36 The text for the morning is a part of the Lectionary Readings and most of the readings have a theme of wisdom. Mark says Jesus and the twelve were walking between villages: “On the way, he asked them, ‘Who do...
by admin | Sep 7, 2021 | Beloved Community, Sermons
September 5, 2021 SCRIPTURE READING: Psalm 146 Last week I began this two-part series on the topic of service. It’s taken me all of these three years we’ve been together to feel like I’m just beginning to understand all of the things (of service nature) that you are...
