Sermons

A sermon By John Brierly McCall, D. Min. Matthew 26:51-56 – Jesus is arrested and the disciples flee Mark 15:16-32 – Jesus is crucified   Over the first four Sundays in Lent, we’ve added symbols to the altar as reminders of the way we hear and experience our relationship with God through Jesus Christ. The themes […]

Numbers 21:4‑9 God sends snakes into the wilderness to punish the disobedient children of Israel.   John 3:14‑21 The author tells of God’s loving actions in sending Jesus into the world.   +++++++++ The cross may be the most quickly and universally recognized symbol in the world. Everyone knows what it means… Or do we?

Mark 14:32-52 Stay here and keep alert, Jesus asks. He’s sad — anxious even. He’s despairing so much so that Jesus feels as though he’s dying. He is that scared. So scared that it feels like death — like there are no alternatives, like there’s no way out, like this is the end. It feels

Mark 14:12-26 It won’t happen again. It will never happen again like this. Jesus says so himself. They’ll never recline around another table. They’ll never break another loaf of bread. They will never drink wine again – not like this. This will be the very last time that it happens just as he had told

Message by John Brierly McCall, D. Min.   Mark 1:9-15 1 Peter 3:18-22 Welcome to Lent, 2012 – a season that calls us to reflect and prepare for the coming of the Easter miracle. This season of the church year runs forty days, beginning with Ash Wednesday and ending with Holy Saturday. In scripture the

A message by Mike Kasputes on Diversity Sunday, February 19, 2012 Psalm 139 Mark 9:2-9 This morning we have gathered in a place that many of us know well – our church.  It’s a place of comfort and safety – it’s a loving place.  As a part of our ritual we reach out each Sunday

  A sermon by John Brierly McCall, D. Min. Mark 1:40-45   When I go the grocery store I think I’m just John, shopping. But sometimes I have to put on my pastor’s hat. I recently visited with someone who told me how her life is feeling right now. The list of worries is long;

Mark 1:29-39 And she served them. My feminist heart is crushed but that’s what it says. She served them. Her fever disappears with but one touch. She gets up and serves these men that have gathered in her house. Some even call her “Jesus’ first servant.” Well, if you’re inner feminist doesn’t choke and die

A sermon by John Brierly McCall, D. Min. Mark 1:21-28   You may have heard last week that General Motors is again the biggest auto company in the world, selling about 9 million vehicles in 2011. It held that spot for almost eighty years before being displaced by Toyota in 2008. In 2009 GM emerged

They saw him. As they threw their nets into the sea, they saw this man. I’m not convinced there was anything remarkable about him. I’m not convinced that he had some shiny glow. Or that it was obviously apparent that this was the kind of guy that could walk on water. I think, more than