There’s a Peanut’s cartoon where Lucy and Linus are sitting in front of the television set when Lucy says to Linus, “Go, get me a glass of water.” Linus says, “Why should I do anything for you? You never do anything for me.” So Lucy says, “On your 75th birthday, I’ll bake you a cake.”…
Shaped BY the cross into the shape OF the cross
Sermons on Hope
Have you ever had that experience where you’re looking for something, but you can’t see it even though it’s right in front of you? Sueanne will tell you that this happens to me frequently. I can look in the closet for a specific piece of clothing and insist that it’s not there only to discover…
Back in 1950, there was a little town in Maine called Flagstaff that was scheduled to be flooded. Officials were building a large dam on the river nearby and the result would be a large lake which would flood the town of Flagstaff. So, of course, they told everybody they would have to move out…
I recently heard a preacher say that one of the older members of his congregation told him that before his arrival, she had never heard a single sermon on any of the Old Testament prophets. And she had been a member of that church for over 40 years! Perhaps that shouldn’t be surprising, though. …
Memorials are important. Some of you may have visited the Vietnam Wall in Washington, DC, or the 9/11 Memorial in New York City, or the National Memorial for Peace and Justice in Montgomery, Alabama. These memorials are moving because they capture moments of traumatic loss in ways that help us to process them while honoring…
I’m sure you all heard the story in the news recently about how billionaire Robert F. Smith spoke at the graduation ceremony at Morehouse College and in his speech, said he would pay off the loan debts for all 396 graduates. What an incredible display of grace and love. But Robert Smith was not the…
I heard once about a young man who was very sick. In fact, he was terminally ill. He went to the medical clinic for his usual treatment and there was a new doctor on duty. Without really thinking, the doctor said to this young man, “You know, don’t you, that you won’t live out the…
