by The Rev. J.C. Austin | Sep 25, 2022
The mule stood there, looking back at me with almost aggressive disinterest, dismissively swishing his tail. He was standing in front of a large iron plough, the kind used by farmers in the 19th century, and he was wearing a harness that hitched him to the plough in...
by The Rev. J.C. Austin | Sep 18, 2022
Audio coming “We’re going to need a bigger boat.” It’s one of the more famous lines in movie history. It’s from Jaws, the classic thriller that basically invented the summer blockbuster as we know it, was such a huge hit that there was a noticeable drop in beach...
by The Rev. J.C. Austin | Sep 11, 2022
Audio coming By The Rev. J.C. Austin Who you eat with is who you are. If you don’t believe me, then you had a different experience of middle school than I did. I remember walking into the cafeteria at Sutton Middle School in Atlanta, GA, for the first time at...
by Rev. Susan Gilbert Zencka | Sep 4, 2022
Texts: Genesis 1:1-10, Luke 5:1-11 I’m really happy to be with you all today, and to share with you one of my passions—creation-honoring Christian worship. So let me unpack that a little before getting into the meat of the sermon. Today, in many churches around the...
by The Rev. J.C. Austin | Aug 7, 2022
Audio coming By The Rev. J.C. Austin “Good fences make good neighbors.” It’s an old Yankee proverb that features in the well-known poem by Robert Frost called “Mending Wall,” in which he considers that sentiment in light of a wall between his own farm and his...
by Rev. Dr. Alexandra M. Hendrickson | Jul 24, 2022
Audio coming! By The Rev. Dr. Alexandra M. Hendrickson Small warning, before I read this text again from Eugene Peterson’s interpretation. This text and my sermon will use terms that are sometimes hard to hear. Hosea 1:2-11: The Message The first time God spoke...
