Texts: Acts 16:16-34 • Psalm 97 • Revelation 22:12-14, 16-17, 20-21 • John 17:20-26 Do folks remember the movie Ghost, with Patrick Swazye, Demi Moore and Whoopi Goldberg? You remember the premise, right? Patrick Swayze has died, foul play, and his spirit goes to Whoopi Goldberg’s character, Oda Mae Brown, who can see and … Continue reading Sermon: Sunday, May 16, 2010: Seventh Sunday of Easter
Message: Liberating the Captor
In the reading for Acts assigned for this Sunday, Paul and Silas encounter a young slave girl whose illness is being used for profit by her captors. When they heal her of the spirit that possesses her, the girl’s owners have the two thrown in prison for disrupting the social order. But from the confines … Continue reading Message: Liberating the Captor
Homily: Memorial Service of Sally Strayer Levin (9/14/1946 – 5/4/2010)
Thank you, once again, to all of you for being here this afternoon – to pay your respects to our friend, Sally; to show your love and support for her family; to celebrate her beautiful life and to comfort each other as we mourn her death. When the family asked me to say a few … Continue reading Homily: Memorial Service of Sally Strayer Levin (9/14/1946 – 5/4/2010)
By Proclamation 