by Carley Friesen | May 20, 2018 | News
Romans 8:22-27; Acts 2:1-21 Murray Richmond, Pastor of First Presbyterian Church in Medford, tells a wonderful story from his own family history. Listen: “My grandfather collected liquor bottles. Not just any bottles—he collected Jim Beam collectible bottles. His den...
by Carley Friesen | May 13, 2018 | News
John 17 Pray for me…. How many times do we ask someone, “pray for me,” or “pray for someone I love?” The good news today I am going to proclaim right up front: Jesus prays for you! If you don’t hear anything else I have to say, hear this: Jesus is praying for...
by Carley Friesen | Apr 15, 2018 | News
John 20:11-18 Yesterday I was walking through the back of the sanctuary. A photographer was chatting with the wedding party he was photographing. He tried all kinds of quips to help them smile for the camera. His favorite seemed to be “We’re awesome!” But then, as I...
by Carley Friesen | Apr 8, 2018 | News
John 20:24-25; 1 John 1:1-4 “Some people are so heavenly minded that they are no earthly good.” When I looked for the source of this quote, I thought I would find it belonged to Mark Twain. But no. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., a physician and poet, and father of the...
by Carley Friesen | Apr 1, 2018 | News
Mark 16:1-8 “Mrs. Whatsit” is a rather odd name. But somehow it is fitting for the youngest of the trio of “missuses” who blow into the Murray household and change Meg’s life forever. Years ago I read A Wrinkle In Time, by Madeleine L’Engle. But now that it is a...
by Carley Friesen | Mar 25, 2018 | News
1 Kings 19:1-18 Today, we honor silence. Today, we prepare ourselves for silence. Yesterday, an estimated 800,000 protesters, and all of us who watched, were stopped in silence, for seemingly endless minutes of brave silence, foisted upon all of America by one high...
