by Emily Wilmesherr | Mar 6, 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...
by Emily Wilmesherr | Feb 26, 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...
by Emily Wilmesherr | Feb 19, 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...
by Emily Wilmesherr | Feb 12, 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...
by Emily Wilmesherr | Feb 6, 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...
