Sunday night, I was answering questions posed to me by members of our Youth Group when I was asked this question: “Why are we having a sermon series on death anyway?” It is a good and fair question that I have been waiting for someone to ask me. Here is why:

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Remember that time in January, 2016 when we cancelled worship because of a blizzard and I recorded a sermon on Christian unity and put it on YouTube? Me either! At any rate, here it is. If you look carefully, you can see that I am doing everything in my power to avoid moving because the chair I was sitting in was so squeaky.  Continue reading →

What follows are the words to a hymn I wrote years ago for a Virginia Conference United Methodist devotional guide called “A Summer Read.” We used it in worship on April 10, 2016 as part of our Reclaiming Sunday: Sabbath and Christian Simplicity sermon series. It was fun to hear people sing it. Feel free to use it with attribution, if you like. The tune is the same as “Hosanna, Loud Hosanna,” which, of course, I did not write.  Continue reading →