Sermons

What Aboutism (Luke 6: 27-38)   One of the challenges of practicing criminal law, whether as a prosecutor or a defense attorney, was responding to a client’s plea of: What about this or what about [...]

If You’re Happy and You Know It (Luke 6: 17-26)   Many of you, like me, grew up in church and as a small child learned what I guess we can call Children’s Praise Songs.  [...]

Let’s Go Fishing! (Luke 5: 1-11)   It was many years ago when I was a young police officer when I mentioned to one of my training officers that my in-laws lived on Lake Livingston [...]

Speaking Truth to Power (Luke 4: 21-30)   A couple of weeks ago I mentioned that the District Superintendent asked me to consider being the Puget Sound Missional District representative on the Conference Board of [...]

Part-time is Plenty (1 Corinthians 12: 12-31)   I recently finished reading a book that the District Superintendent recommended to me entitled: Part-time is Plenty: Thriving Without Full-Time Clergy, written by part-time pastor Jeffrey MacDonald.  [...]

It’s A Gift (1 Corinthians 12: 1-11)   I remember that time period in between when I was told I was going to be appointed as the certified Lay Minister for Community United Methodist Church [...]