Sermons

During the last week of Jesus’ life as described in Mark’s Gospel there are three people, in addition to Jesus, who figure prominently: Judas, who betrays Christ, Peter who denies him and an unnamed woman who anoints him before the failures of Judas and Peter. It’s interesting that the stories of Judas’s betrayal and Peter’s…

In today’s Gospel passage Jesus is accosted by some Sadducees, an aristocratic group of priestly families from whom the high priest of the Temple in Jerusalem was chosen. We read more about the Sadducees in the Gospel of Matthew, but this is their only appearance as a distinct group in the Gospel of Mark. You…

There are millions of Americans who have money invested in the Stock Market and who follow what the market does every day including some of you. If it goes up, people are happy; when it goes down people are sad or angry. Financial advisors advocate for diversifying your portfolio across several stocks or financial tools…

On Tuesday night fifty of us went to a Red Sox game at Fenway Park in Boston. At one point as I was standing behind the section where our seats were I saw a guy walking toward me and he looked familiar and our eyes met. I started doing a mental search of who he…

The context for today’s gospel is that it occurs just after Jesus feeds 4,000 people with seven loaves and a few fish in Mark 8:1-10. 11 The Pharisees came and began to argue with him, asking him for a sign from heaven, to test him. 12 And he sighed deeply in his spirit and said, “Why does…

As we continue our series on questions Jesus asks, today we’re going to be dealing with a question about fear so members of our Creative Communications team Katie Wilcock and Kenny White asked a number of people both inside and outside the church what they’re afraid of and they got an interesting range of responses.…

At our home we’ve put in energy efficient light bulbs almost everywhere we can. The new bulbs use a lot less electricity compared to the old incandescent bulbs. However, at least a few members of our household aren’t enamored with some of the new bulbs because it takes them longer to get to full brightness…

Once there was a rabbi who taught his students only by asking questions. After experiencing this for several months, a student finally got the courage up to ask a question himself. “Rabbi,” he said with a little frustration in his voice, “why do you only teach by asking questions? You never tell us anything.” The…

Thought for the Day: James Madison our fourth president and author of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights pledged the full faith and credit of the US government behind our currency. God made a greater pledge to us. “I will not fail you or forsake you. I am with you always.” The Book of…