by Angela Ward | Oct 22, 2019 | Text Sermons
Everyone has a moment — a breakthrough event — when she or he realizes that many of the persons, places and things that we thought would give us serious satisfaction (the things the Temptations told us would keep us “doin’ fine on cloud nine”) have really been...
by Angela Ward | Oct 14, 2019 | Text Sermons
When you receive a gift, how do you react? I imagine the magnitude of the gift you receive determines your reaction. Sometimes when we receive gifts, we have to grin and bear it. Here are some examples of bad gift giving. A friend of mine gave his wife a vacuum sealer...
by Angela Ward | Oct 7, 2019 | Text Sermons
Some of you are old enough to remember Art Linkletter’s segments on “Kids say the Darnedest Things.” I thought you might enjoy these letters children wrote to their pastors: Dear Pastor, Please say a prayer for our Little League team. We need God’s help or a...
by Angela Ward | Oct 4, 2019 | Text Sermons
In the Name of the Living God: Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Amen. Jesus promised Nathaniel that he would “see greater things.” Not everyone agrees. Do you remember Steven Hawking, the great Cambridge mathematician? Before he died last March, he was quoted as saying: I...
by Angela Ward | Sep 26, 2019 | Text Sermons
In the Name of the Living God: Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Amen. I really only have one thing to say in the little homily, and it’s this: God loves imperfect people! The pharisees (you remember them) saw this as Jesus’ great character flaw, because he hung out, and...
by Angela Ward | Sep 17, 2019 | Text Sermons
How would you describe your relationship with God? How would you describe other people’s relationships with God? Perhaps better questions are these: What does God think of you? What does God think of our neighbors? Are we good enough for God? Are our neighbors,...
