Homily

Opening Prayer:   I speak to you in the name of God…   Father, Son, and Holy Spirit…   Amen…   Introduction:   “No one is born hating another person…”…

Burial Rite for Irv Cousins It is good to wait quietly for the salvation of the Lord. Lamentations 3: 26 It is good to wait quietly for the salvation of…

"Peter Doesn't Swim" Jesus made the disciples get into the boat and go on ahead.  The King James says that “Jesus constrained the disciples to get into the boat.”  It…

A group of people were trying to cut a path through a dense jungle. They had been divided into three groups; workers, managers and leaders.  The largest group were the…

  Opening:   Let the words of my mouth…   And the meditations of my heart…   Be always acceptable in thy sight…   O’ Lord…   My strength…  …

  Pentecost Sunday, 2017   Opening Prayer:   Let the words of my mouth…   And the meditations of my heart…   Be always acceptable in thy sight…   O’…

Jesus is giving his farewell address to his disciples. It is nearly time for him to face the cross, and he is trying to pass along some final wisdom. In…

Easter Sunday – the celebration of the Resurrection.  It doesn’t get any bigger than this.  The church, indeed the entire Christian faith would not exist without the resurrection.  For we…

Palm Sunday.  What a roller coaster ride this day is.  We start outside, which is unusual all by itself.  But even more, we create a big parade up and down…

My name is Rick, and I am a checkbook Christian. I’m not really sure how it began. Well, how do these things always begin? It was harmless enough at first.…