Acts 6:1-9; 7:2a, 51-60 {Prayer} Tis the season of celebration meals. Graduation parties. Confirmation celebrations. Family and friends gathered around long tables. Kids running around. Someone asking where the buns are. Someone realizing there aren’t enough plates. Someone busy in the kitchen. Enviably … someone already eating dessert. If you’ve ever hosted one…
Acts 2:14a, 36-41 {Prayer} When people go to ball games or especially concerts … where do they really want to sit? In the front row, right? While sometimes we’ll say it is more enjoyable or you see more if you are sitting back a ways or up high … for some, they want…
Acts 2:14a, 22-39 {Prayer} What’s in a name? Names reveal identity. They tell us who we are, and often, who we belong to. Today, on this Trinity Sunday, we celebrate the name that is above every name, the name of Jesus. A name that is revealed and lifted up by the Father, confessed…
Genesis 11:1-9 & Acts 2:1-21 {Prayer} I don’t know how much kids do it today, but back in the day when I was growing up, which wasn’t all that long ago, we had this fun little game called “The Telephone Game.” It’s a pretty simple game. You start out with a word or…
Acts 2:14, 22-36 {Prayer} Each and everyone one of us gathered here is in a relationship with someone else. I’ll even go so far to say that each of us are in multiple relationships. I know, that may sound a bit risqué … but it’s true right? If you go on my…
Acts 2:14a, 36-41 {Prayer} Back before there were computers, a little boy was watching his father, who happened to be the pastor, write a sermon. The little boy always wondered about his dad’s sermons so he asked him one day, “How do you know what to say?” “Well son, God tells me.” Little…
Acts 5:29-42 {Prayer} Cursing in general is rude. To call someone “rude” for cursing someone or something is a great way to get one’s attention. And if you look at our reading from Acts, this is how Peter and the other apostles are in their preaching, in their addressing of Israel’s behavior,…
Acts 2:1-21; John 14:23-31 During the last ten days of the Church year, we’ve been living in liturgical limbo, existing between two realities. We’ve celebrated our Lord’s ascension into heaven. But since the Ascension, we’ve been waiting. We’ve been waiting for this day. Like the Apostles of old, we’ve been listening to our Lord’s instructions…
Acts 1:12-26 {Prayer} Back quite a few years ago when my niece was about Faith’s age, Jessica and I asked her what it was that she wanted for her birthday. She told us … “I don’t know. I’m in this in between age. At times I like dolls, but other times I want something…