The Meaning of Fear

Preached on September 19, 2007 at PLWC.

Reading: 1 Kings 19:1-18

For this week's sermon we took a look at fear. How does God respond to our deep, genuine fears? Does he ignore them? Does he pat us on the head and assure us that everything is okay, so stop worrying? The story of Elijah's flight to Mount Horeb sheds some light on how, whom, and what we should fear.

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Tiny Dynamite

Preached on September 9, 2007 at PLWC.

Reading: Isaiah 61:1-3; Philemon 4-16.

There are a few dusty, neglected corners of the Bible that can boggle our minds if only we'll give them the opportunity. Philemon hardly carries the prestige of a book like Isaiah or John, but what it lacks in stature it makes up in efficiency: in just a few brief words, Paul's letter to Philemon can shake our world.

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Because Carey is awesome, that's why.

Carey and I took a few days' vacation at the beginning of August, partly for our anniversary and partly just to get a break. We went up to a bed and breakfast in Montour Falls, New York, not far from Watkin's Glen State Park, and while we were there we spent a day kayaking on Seneca Lake. Carey had never kayaked before, but, out of sheer awesomeness, she was paddling around the lake like a pro in no time.

Carey on Seneca Lake

There Will Be a Test

Preached on September 2, 2007 at PLWC.

Reading: Ezekiel 13:8-14; Matthew 7:24-27

The sounds of the siding being put on the parsonage last week coupled with the approach of Labor Day got me thinking about things work-related, so for our sermon this week we looked at badly-built walls in Ezekiel and sandy-foundationed houses in the Sermon on the Mount.

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