And the Eyes Have It

Ryan Atkinson  1 Corinthians 12:12-26 “One Band, One Sound! When one of us is late, we are ALL late! When one of us looks and sounds bad, we ALL look and sound bad! Section leaders, what is our concept? ‘One Band, One Sound!’ I LOVE this concept! There is so...

The Crux of the Matter

The Rev. Dr. British Hyrams Deuteronomy 6:1-9 9/8/24 Our passage today is from the well-known book of Deuteronomy which is considered by some scholars to be at the center of OT theology. It is also one of the most quoted Old Testament books in the New Testament. In...

Return No One, Evil for Evil

Steve Lindsley 1 Samuel 24: 1-13, 16-22 Her name is Celie, and she is the main character and narrator in the movie The Color Purple, based on the Pulitzer-prize winning book by Alice Walker.  It is a harsh look at life for African American women in the early 20th...

Are You There God?

Ryan Atkinson Psalm 34:15-22 (Selected Verses) I am “Nerv-ited” this morning, family. That’s right. I am “Nerv-ited” this morning. I want to start off a bit differently this morning and offer you this term, “Nerv-ited,” which...

OPEN UP!

Steve Lindsley Mark 7: 31-37 (Selected Verses) So, after reading our scripture today, this healing of the deaf man in the gospel of Mark, I got to tell you: I have questions. Like, what’s going on with this secrecy thing?  Tell no one, Jesus says to his disciples...

The Good News Sparks Joy and Belonging

Steve Lindsley Acts 8: 26-40 (Selected Verses)   Shannon Kershner, a seminary classmate and current pastor of Central Presbyterian in Atlanta, once began a sermon with a question: who or what informs where you belong? It’s that question that lies at the heart of our...