Too Heavenly Minded?

Acts 1:6-14 Remember driving from the airport watching the plane take someone away from you? Or remember all the times when you have watched loved ones pile into their cars and drive away? I know you do it. I know how often you ask for prayer for those who are...

To An Unknown God

Acts 17:16-34 People search for God, when truly God is quite close by. Searchers. Isn’t that what we all are? Maybe not everyone searches for God. There are those who search for “meaning,” those who search for “joy.” Some seek health and happiness, some look for...

The Blessing of the Bicycles

During Portland SE Sunday Parkways Bike Ride!         Sunday May 21, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.   Come to the corner of 52th and Taylor, along the bikeway, to have your bicycle blessed for the ride. Celebrate the day and give thanks!...

Untitled

Preface: At the conference I attended last week, Shauna Hannan challenged us with some new skills to involve the congregation in the preaching of the word. I decided to use one of her suggestions this morning. There is no title for this sermon in the bulletin. Your...

Life Springs Forth

Psalm 150 This is the season for celebration in the northern hemisphere. Did you know that people who live on the other side of the world from us are bundling up for winter right now? Did you know that in Australia, Christmas is in high summer? But here we are in the...

Movie Night

6:30 – 9 p.m. in the Parlor, we will be watching the movie, “The Way.” We have been talking about Pilgrimage for the past couple of months in our times together. This is a movie about one man’s unplanned pilgrimage on “El camino de...