I wrote my paper on the sense of smell. I worked hard, and was eager to see my grade. It was an “A” scratched out––and a “C” with the words, “I smell something fishy.” Guilt, whether real guilt or a false guilt, can stay with us for a lifetime.
Children's Sermon Mark 1:29-39 Finding a Quiet Place By Lois Parker Edstrom Object suggested: Party hats and/or party decorations Parties are fun. There is usually a lot of talking and laughing. There may be good food and games. Perhaps the house is decorated with balloons and special lights. When you go to a party [...]
One way our prideful, sinful self deceives us is that we think we can do it ourselves. As a result, we often neglect the source of help that could see us through.
Every now and then you hear of a news story about people who do something very brave, acting without any fear of what might happen.
“Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why so disturbed within me?” I’ll tell you why. It is a depressing world out there. Ever felt that way? Most of us have.
Children's Sermon Mark 1:29-39 Reaching Out By Dr. Dan Wuori Have you ever noticed that someone needs help - but maybe been too shy to go over and lend them a hand? This week as I was driving I noticed a car up ahead in the distance that had broken down on the side [...]
Friends, especially the confirmees, today you are doing something that will be an important part of your ongoing relationship with God and his church. But before we get to that point I want to ask two questions.
French doctors created a name for a disease which made its appearance in prison camps during World War II. They called it “barbed-wire sickness”. One symptom was an appalling sense of futility. What was the point of going on when there was no future?
In the words of Yeats, “An aged man is but a paltry thing, A tattered coat upon a stick, Unless the Soul clap its hands and sing, and louder sing for every tatter in its mortal dress.”
Confession and Forgiveness go hand in hand. So, why, in the wake of the Protestant Reformation, did we throw out all the confessional booths? And, if we don’t use confessional booths, what do we use?