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Listening Through Lent: Jesus’ Communication

06 Mar 2018

Saturday, a week ago, we held the Memorial Service for Kay Philips. Kay was the wife of former DPC pastor and seminary president, Davison Philips. Davison and Kay were an integral part of this congregation for six decades, and we have recently hung their picture in the foyer just...

Listening Through Lent: Jesus Means Business

26 Feb 2018

[Read Mark 8:31-38] Our gospel reading this morning is found right in the middle of Mark. Remarkable, I think that this story is in the middle which means we’re halfway through Mark’s gospel and just before the story that we read today we are told that while Jesus and his...

Listening Through Lent: Jesus Calls for Change

18 Feb 2018

Mark 1:9-15 In those days Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan. And just as he was coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens torn apart and the Spirit descending like a dove on him. And a voice came from heaven, ‘You are my Son, the...

Mountaintops, Valleys, and Everywhere in Between

12 Feb 2018

The Gospel of Mark is the shortest of the four gospels. It opens with, “The beginning of the good news of Jesus Christ, the Son of God,” then instantly Jesus is baptized, tested and calling his disciples. There’s no birth narrative or family tree, instead in chapter one Jesus...

Beyond the Doors – Jesus on the Move

06 Feb 2018

My name is Samuel. I am a fisherman from the village of Capernaum. I happen to be the younger brother of Simon and Andrew. You may have heard of them, but you have probably not heard of me. There are many us, of course, the siblings and cousins of the first disciples of Jesus....

Beyond the Doors – Jesus Teaches with Authority

29 Jan 2018

Almighty God, by the power of your Holy Spirit, remove any obstacles from us that would prevent us from hearing your Word this day, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Before reading our Scripture for today, note that “There are two kinds of authority leaders possess: positional...

Beyond the Doors – Jesus Invites Us to Follow

23 Jan 2018

I had been at Decatur Presbyterian Church for about 10 days when retired architect and former mayor, Bill Breen, came by my office. Bill gave me a book titled The Architecture of Happiness. “The Achitecture of Happiness is”, as the reviewers say, “a dazzling and generously...

Do You Hear What I Hear?

14 Jan 2018

Our story today comes to us from the Old Testament. It’s the story of a young boy and an old priest. The young boy would become a great prophet himself, and the old priest’s vision was failing in more than one way. Listen now for the Word of the Lord to us from 1 Samuel chapter...

Beloved of God

08 Jan 2018

The gospel reading this week is close to my heart. This is the text that my dear friend Rev. Andy Odom preached for my ordination five years ago. It was a memorable message. Andy is an animated preacher, he doesn’t stay in the pulpit and that day, to the astonishment of my...

Let There Be Joy

26 Dec 2017

Our this Fourth Sunday of Advent, which also happens to be Christmas Eve, our Scripture reading hails from the first chapter of Luke, verses 39-55. Hear the word of God: In those days Mary set out and went with haste to a Judean town in the hill country where she entered the...

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