Category Lectionary
Burdens to Carry
Message Manuscript for “Burdens Carried Here” Galatians 1:1-16 Delivered to Church for the Highlands Sunday, July 7, 2019 Jinny and I ran the Firecracker 5K this past week on July 4. Our kids ran in the children’s part of it a long time ago but we had not ever run it. Running a 5K […]
Quotes and image for our bulletin this Sunday
“The Christian, however, must bear the burden of a brother. He must suffer and endure the brother. It is only when he is a burden that another person is really a brother and not merely an object to be manipulated.” Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Life Together “If God is our father, the church is our mother.” […]
Free to Produce?
Message Manuscript for “Free to Produce” Delivered to Church for the Highlands Sunday, June 30, 2019 We had a great vacation but it’s always good to come home, especially when the weather is better here than in some of the places we visited. The day we came home, temperatures rose to 114 degrees Fahrenheit in […]
A non-cheesy Christian production?
I was preparing for a weekly chapel service this week from this Sunday’s gospel text–Luke 8:26-39. As I was pulling up the text on my phone, I saw this video clip connected to the text. I watched it and was surprised at how Jesus was not the typical pasty white Jesus in most of the […]
Getting Guidance
Message Manuscript for “Getting the Guide” John 16:12-15Delivered to Church for the HighlandsTrinity Sunday, June 16, 2019 I was in an antique store recently and saw a bin full of maps for sale. I thumbed through them and reminisced about the paper maps that occupied my dad’s glove box in his truck, each folded […]
Coal in your stocking?
Message Manuscript for “Coal in Your Stocking?” Isaiah 61:1-4,8-11 Delivered to Church for the Highlands Third Sunday of Advent, December 17, 2017 [Audio of this sermon is here] Have you ever been told that all you would get for Christmas is coal in your stocking? Better yet, have you ever actually gotten coal in […]
Mr. Microphone
“Mr. Microphone” Isaiah 40:1-11 Delivered to Church for the Highlands Rev. Dr. John Henson Second Sunday of Advent, December 10, 2017 So, how many of you remember that amazing Mr. Microphone commercial? And how many of you bought one? I got one for Christmas one year. I tried that line, “Hey good looking, we […]
“Come on Down” sermon Advent 1B
“Come on Down” Isaiah 64:1-9 Delivered to Church for the Highlands The First Sunday of Advent, December 3, 2017 I wrote this sermon just after hearing the news onWednesday morning that NBC Today Show’s Matt Lauer was fired over allegations of sexual misconduct. He is one more on a long list of men recently […]
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