Matthew 20:1-16 Response to Hurricane Ike (Malveaux)
Matthew tells us about marketplaces where workers would go first thing in the morning. They would show up with their tools, and would wait to be hired. They were the lowest class of workers.
Matthew 6:25-33 Hurricanes, Tornadoes, and Other Such Things (McLarty)
Hurricane Katrina hit in the wee hours of Monday morning. The devastation was far worse than we could've imagined. The death count is still rising. Then came Rita this week. By Thursday it was a category five hurricane bearing down on Galveston. We were told to brace for the worst.
Nehemiah 2:18 After the Storm, Hurricane Sandy (Bergland)
Sermon Nehemiah 2:18 After the Storm Check out these helpful resources Biblical Commentary Children's Sermons Hymn Lists Nehemiah 2:18 After the Storm Dr. John K Bergland Musings on the destruction brought by the monster storm, Sandy. 10-29-2012 WHAT SHALL WE SAY TO THIS? IF GOD BE FOR US WHO CAN BE AGAINST US? In [...]
Revelation 21:1-7 (Hoffacker)
A Wedding Homily Revelation 21:1-7 Wonder and Creativity and Compassion Check out these helpful resources Biblical Commentary Sermons Children's Sermons Hymn Lists Revelation 21:1-7 Wonder and Creativity and Compassion The Rev. Charles Hoffacker The story the Bible tells us presents God doing one new thing after another. Here are only a few examples. To [...]
1 Corinthians 13 (Molin)
A Wedding Homily I Corinthians 13 Check out these helpful resources Biblical Commentary Sermons Children's Sermons Hymn Lists I Corinthians 13 Pastor Steven Molin Don and Sara, on behalf of those who are standing beside you, and those family and friends who are seated behind you, I want to thank you for inviting us [...]
John 15:9-12 An Easter Marriage (Hoffacker)
Here we have a groom and a bride, each with deep experience of adult life. Each has experienced various deaths along the way. Each has found in the other something of the promise of Easter. Each is eager to live a new and different life, a resurrection life.
Mark 10:6-9, 13-16 God at Work (Hoffacker)
A church is a community where God's grace is at work. But a marriage is another community where God's grace is at work. So there's a pair of questions that I want to offer to Rick and Atala, as they come here to have their marriage blessed.
Mark 10:6-9, 13-16 A Tremendous Gift (Hoffacker)
Jon and Julie, let me lead you past conventional proverbs to what I believe to be a wisdom beyond wisdom. Marriage is a great project. Let me point out to you something beyond that. Before your marriage is a project you can work on, it is a gift you are given.
Mark 1:14-15 Life’s Eloquence (Hoffacker)
A Wedding Homily Mark 1:14-15 Life's Eloquence By The Rev. Charles Hoffacker Recently I came across these words from the novelist Frederick Buechner: "Every once in a while, life can be very eloquent. You go along from day to day not noticing very much, not seeing or hearing very much, and then all of [...]
Matthew 7:21, 24-29 Hear and Do (Hoffacker)
No place is perfect. Everyplace has storms. The same holds true in married life. Not all the days are fair. Storms do come. Marriage does not involve relocating yourself to a place free from storms. Marriage means building the house so strong and sturdy that it can withstand whatever may assault it.