“The Caring Community: Our World”
Sermon by The Rev. Lisa Caine
Romans 8:18-27, Genesis 1:1-28
May 1, 2016
The Word in Song: “Lord, How Great Thou Art”
Sermon
Romans
Lenten Devotional: Wednesday, March 23
by George Miller
Romans 12:2
And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the
RENEWING OF YOUR MIND, that you may prove what is that
good and acceptable and perfect will of God.
SPRING began last Sunday as we celebrated with our individual palm branches at Church, and today the MOON is completely FULL, continuing evidence … Read the rest
Lenten Devotional: Saturday, Feb. 27
by Stephen Frick
Romans 5:6-9: (English Standard Version)
“For while we were still weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly. For one will scarcely die for a righteous person—though perhaps for a good person one would dare even to die— but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for … Read the rest
Lenten Devotional: Saturday, March 28
by Matt Pruitt
March 28, 2015
Romans 12:12: Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.
As a former journalist and longtime English teacher, I tend to pay a lot of attention to the connotation of words—those little shades of meaning and emotional values embedded in the language we use. Lately, the word “journey” has been on my … Read the rest
Lenten Devotional: Friday, March 27
by Chad Clark
March 27, 2015
Romans 12:2: Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.
I was raised in a very conservative, hell fire and brimstone, first cousin of snake handlers … Read the rest
Lenten Devotional: Tuesday, March 24
by Hope Cook
March 24, 2015
Romans 12:12: Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer
Sometimes God has a funny way of answering our prayers. I was reading Sue Monk Kidd’s reflections in First Light. She tells of a time when her babies were both still in cloth diapers. She’d been praying for patience. … Read the rest
Lenten Devotional: Monday, March 9
by Janet Frick
March 9, 2015
Romans 12:1-2: 12 I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. 2 Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may … Read the rest
Lenten Devotional: Friday, Feb. 27
By Hope Cook
Feb. 27, 2015
Romans 12:1 ESV — I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship.
One of my coworkers, whom I’ll call Sue, has an enlarged thyroid with a nodule on it. She is preparing to … Read the rest
Sermon: Creatively Maladjusted
Creatively Maladjusted
Sermon by The Rev. Lisa Caine
Romans 12:1-8
Sept. 21, 2014
Audio not available for this sermon.
For the past several evenings I have found myself glued to PBS for two hours watching the Ken Burns’ series on The Roosevelts. When I first heard about it, I wasn’t sure I’d be too interested, but most everything Ken Burns … Read the rest
Sermon: Faithful Subversion
Faithful Subversion
Sermon by The Rev. Lisa Caine
Aug. 17, 2014
Exodus 1:8-2:10, Romans 12:1-8
God made two promises to Abraham when he called him away from his home to a life of faithfulness. First, God promised descendants; descendants that would be more numerous than the stars in the sky or the grains of sand at the shore. And second, … Read the rest