Sermons

Many thanks to the Rev. Dale Kelley for filling the pulpit for me this morning so I could take last week off.  Great message and worth the watch if you either weren't in church or watching [...]

Debt Free (Colossians 2: 6-15)   One of my favorite movies is the Coen Brothers’ film O Brother Where Art Thou?  If you haven’t seen it, it’s worth watching just for the great Depression Era [...]

Keep the Faith (Colossians 1: 15-28)   It was over ten years ago when Daniel Foster, our District Superintendent, approached me at my last Certified Lay Minister training session and told me he believed I [...]

That Church (Colossians 1: 1-14)   I’ve told this story before, but it’s worth repeating to serve as a reminder of whose we are.  I don’t remember the circumstances, but I was having a conversation [...]

Blessed and Broken (Galatians 6: 1-10, 15b-16)   Recently Don Olsen and I attended the Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church of the Pacific Northwest Conference over in Bothell.  The theme for this year [...]

Service by Diane Johnson Assistant Certified Lay Leader Thanks to Diane Johnson for filling in for me yesterday.  Don Olsen and I went to the Annual Conference last week and it was a great help [...]