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Body Building
Jill and I have been enjoying watching the Olympics. It is so humbling to see these athletes some as young as high school students and others in their thirties who have so thoroughly dedicated themselves to pursuing an Olympic medal that they have made countless sacrifices for many years. From…
Overhearing A Prayer
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…
The Perfect Gift
“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…
The Importance of Being Prepared
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…
When You’re Rejected at Home
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…
When Life Causes Us to Doubt, Then What?
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…
The Motivating Power of Failure
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…
Make Today Count
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…
Are You Curious?
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…
God’s Bigger Vision for God’s People
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…
Coping With a Crisis
In the Book of The Acts of the Apostles, we see how the ministry Jesus began was transformed from a small group of Jewish followers largely from the region around Galilee into the beginnings of a global movement. In Acts 1, a group of about 120 disciples are waiting and…
Faith That Continually Seeks Understanding
I apologize that my message today may not sound like a Mother’s Day sermon, but that’s because I was going to be giving it last Sunday until our worship plans changed and we had the wonderful sharing from the folks who went on the mission trip to Bulgaria. I want…