In the Name... As a family was assembling for a baptism, the priest noticed that there didn't appear to be a godfather present. "Who's...

In the Name... I think it was Francis Bacon who said that Man was given imagination to compensate for what he is not and a sense of...

In the Name... He rose from rural obscurity to impact his nation. Crowds gathered wherever he went. Religious leaders denounced him. ...

Jesus said he would be lifted up high and draw all men to himself, but, the Cross was as high as he got. Indeed, by any geographical...

In the Name... I think it was Mark Twain who said that he had been born humble, but, managed to grow out of it. "Do you know what I have...

In the Name... Billy Graham went to see the Pope in Rome. While there, he noticed a golden telephone in the office and asked, "What's...

Sermon: LENT 4, March 31st, 2019 In the Name... A Sunday School teacher told her class the parable of the Prodigal Son and then asked,...

In the Name... A young child wasn't paying attention to his Sunday School lessons and got a few things mixed up. So, he told his parents...

Sermon: LENT 2, March 17th, 2019 In the Name... "'Twas brillig and the slithy toves did gyre and gimble in the wabe. All mimsy were the...

In the Name… In recent years, there has arisen an interesting Lenten practice called “Ashes to Go.” You may have heard of it. This...

In the Name... A busy minister began his sermon one week by apologizing that he had not had time to prepare a written text. "I shall...

In the Name... Did anyone get an urgent e-mail, this week, from the widow of an African missionary? Well, she told me that she had ten...

Sermon: EPIPHANY 5, February 10th, 2019 In the Name... Who likes a surprise? Are you sure? Depends, doesn’t it? We all love surprises...

In the Name... Last week, I made the outrageous claim that the shortest man in the Bible was Knee-high-miah. But, one of you told me I...

In the Name... This morning's Old Testament lesson comes from a book with which most of us probably aren't overly familiar, the Book of...

A Seat at the Table In first century Palestine a wedding feast would go on for a week. The whole village was likely to come to the feast,...

In the Name... Archbishop Michael Ramsey was once asked, “How long do you pray each day?” Without hesitation, he replied, “About two...

In the Name... Mark Twain said he once put a dog and a cat together in a cage to see if they could get along. They did. So he put a...

In the Name… I forget who it was that once said that happiness was knowing that you had a large, loving, caring, supportive family – in...

In the Name... And, let me wish all of you a very Merry Christmas. Christmas is fun, isn't it? But, it's also a very strange time of...