“Mama,Is God’s name Howard?”
“No, son, why do you ask?”
“That’s what I heard, ‘Our Father who are in heaven, Howard is your name.’”
That same misunderstanding was not repeated as our Vacation Bible School Children learned The Lord’s Prayer this summer. Verse by verse, they were taught well the prayer that Jesus taught his disciples. Join Pastor Lib [...]
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Read Sermon – July 25, 2010: The Prayer
Are you good at multitasking – doing more than one thing at a time? Multitasking is all the rage in our 24/7 culture but can it actually be done? Good question. Scientists are studying the brain to see what happens when we try to multitask. The results might surprise you. In our text for the [...]
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Read Sermon – July 18, 2010: The Myth of Multitasking: Don’t Be Distracted
In our text for today, The Parable of the Good Samaritan -Luke 10:25-37 , a lawyer asks Jesus, “Who is my neighbor?” Rather than answer the question directly Jesus tells an incredible story. Twenty centuries later we are called to wrestle with this same question. Be prepared that the answer – as it was for [...]
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Read Sermon – July 11, 2010: You Can’t Pick Your Friends
Life in the 1st Century Galatian church was not pretty. Factions within the faith community were divided and polarized. Many were using their new found freedom in Christ and freedom from the law to pursue their own interests and desires with little concern for the common good. They were on a path toward destruction. Two [...]
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Read Sermon – July 4, 2010: The Birthday Wish
The reading from Luke 9:57 – 62 invites us into reflecting on the work of being a follower of Christ. Christ calls, “Follow me!” But the people who hear the call pull out nothing but outrageous excuses. Discipleship is hard work. Grace is free, but it’s not cheap. When have we responded to God with the [...]
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Read Sermon – June 27, 2010: The Case of the Would-Be Follower: “But Lord…I Have a Really Good Excuse!”
Rock Solid Inc. General Contractors took over St. Mark’s for Vacation Bible School. With Hank the Hammer’s help and over 90 plus servants – 170 children learned how to be wise builders. They were taught to build their rock solid foundations upon The Rock – Jesus Christ. After securing a solid foundation they were then taught the [...]
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Read Sermon – June 20, 2010: Gotta be…Rock Solid
We fear many things in life. We fear things at school, work, home, and even things at church. What do people think of me? Will I fit in? What am I going to do to make money? What will the future hold? We don’t realize that our deepest fear is none of the above. Our [...]
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Read Sermon – June 13, 2010: Our Deepest Fear
Death, Despair, and Desperation process through our lives and our community more often than we would like. But do we stop and take notice? Furthermore are we moved to interrupt all of this death, despair, and desperation with compassion, hope and love? Or do we simply march on with the business of life? In our [...]
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Read Sermon – June 6, 2010: A Gracious Interruption
In our psalm for Sunday, Psalm 8 , the psalmist looks up and out at all that God has created and can’t help but offer praise! But it is not long before the praise turns to questions. The longer he looks up at the heavens the more aware he becomes of just how small he is [...]
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Read Sermon – May 30, 2010: A Mysterious Mind-FULL
Lots of things in our lives – spring, spring sports, school, Bible studies, Confirmation, even this sermon series – are coming to an end. In the moments leading up to the text, Acts 2:1-21 , the disciples are waiting and praying. It feels like the end. Yet suddenly and without warning the Holy Spirit invades the [...]
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Read Sermon – May 23, 2010: ACTING OUT…to be continued
