Sermons

One of the things that Christians know we should do yet often struggle to do or feel inadequate about is prayer. How many of us could say, “I am very confident and comfortable with the prayer in my life, I pray more than enough and my prayers are impactful and effective.” I think far more…

“Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows.” James 1:17 There are some traditional things that summer brings. The ability to eat at our favorite seasonal restaurants. A change in traffic patterns. Summer guests And the usual trek to…

Congratulations to my wife Jill and to Ernie Hebert who later today will complete the entire 103 mile Housing with Love Walk that began in Provincetown on Monday and ends in Falmouth this afternoon. That is an accomplishment. On Thursday morning I was driving Jill, our neighbor Vicki who also did the whole walk, and…

Being rejected is a painful experience. Whether it’s trying out for a musical group, a part in a play, or a sports team; whether it’s being rejected by a potential employer, publisher, college, or an individual we’re interested in, rejection hurts. Perhaps it hurts the most when we are rejected by those who have known…

As our country approaches its birthday this Wednesday we are in the midst of a presidential election campaign year while a host of issues confront us as a nation that collectively we as a people and government have not been able to resolve well or come together to face. Some of what I see in…

I know some of you are reading through the Gospels this summer and if you are you will see many stories of Jesus healing people. Jesus and the disciples successfully heal many, many people. In the first few chapters of Mark’s Gospel Jesus commands an unclean spirit to come out of a man (1:26) heals…

Our guest preacher today is Dr. Victor F. Scalise. Dr. Scalise served as a pastor at the United Parish in Brookline, MA, where he was Senior Pastor from 1960 – 1977.  He also served as Interim Pastor for 17 American Baptist Churches of Massachusetts (TABCOM) and was recognized by Morehouse College, where he was inducted…

Did you see the story last week about the teenager in Germany Shouryya Ray who solved a 300-year-old mathematical riddle posed by Sir Isaac Newton? Shouryya Ray worked out how to calculate exactly the path of a projectile under gravity and subject to air resistance. The Indian-born teen said he solved the problem that had stumped…

If you ask Christians about the key holy days in the year most will say Christmas and Easter. A third very important day is today. According to Luke, the author of Acts, it has now been seven weeks since the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus. For forty days the risen Christ appeared to and instructed…