Before the outbreak, we had the luxury of being able to place our own needs before the needs of the community — but now…
An Easter Pilgrimage
Sermons
Our Chance
Psalm 130:1-6 The sermon below starts at 6 minutes an 23 seconds of the video above. I do some of my best thinking in the kitchen. A wise person (for the life of me, I can’t remember who) once let me in on a great secret that has been of enormous importance to my creative […]
Tales of the Transformation
… the story of the blind man, and the story of our lives is similar – we both find ourselves in a confusing moment – a moment when everything has changed. A crucial moment when nothing will ever be the same.
“Six-feet-away” Christians
United Church of Jaffrey 3/15/20 John 4:5-15 | Psalm 42:1-8 Together While We are Apart — through Worship As a result of the COVID-19 restrictions on gathering as a community, Rev. Mark has put together worship videos that encourage participation. The sermon that is written below starts at 8 minutes and 30 seconds into […]
Three Big If’s
These “if’s” do not come from the mouth of God. Nor do they come from the mouth of Jesus.
They come from the mouth of that other guy. The devil.
Big T little t
Everytime I look at a passage from scripture I find myself in the land of Big T and little t.
A Confluence
…on the fourth, maybe the fifth throw, my stone will land, not with a thud, but with a splash. My stone will land in the place, on this wonderful blue-green planet of ours, where the Connecticut and the Deerfield rivers come together.
The Haemon Principle
“Let not your first thought be your only thought,” Haemon says to his father.
“Think if there cannot be some other way.”