SERMON Lectionary 24a 2017 Forgiveness; Seventy Times Seven Times By Pastor Leo E. Longan Peter comes to Jesus today with a loaded question about the limits of forgiveness: if another member of the church injures me, how many times do I have to forgive him? Jesus’ Read More …
SERMON Lectionary 23a 2017 Matthew 18 By Pastor Leo E. Longan I’m not sure I would have chosen Matthew 18 for a Rally Day sermon, but as an obedient son of the church, I’ll take it on. It’s a good place to dive into the Reformation, Read More …
SERMON Lectionary 22a 2017 Get behind me, Satan By Pastor Leo E. Longan It has been a horrible week in America, no doubt about it. Millions of people are displaced by the storms on the Gulf Coast, many lost everything, about 35 people have lost their Read More …
SERMON Lectionary 21a 2017 Confession of Peter/OUR TOWN By Pastor Leo E. Longan Our gospel today, the story of Peter’s confession, for some reason reminds me of a beautiful moment in Thornton Wilder’s play OUR TOWN, in which a young girl, Rebecca, tells her brother George Read More …
SERMON Lectionary 20a 2017 The Syro-Phoenician Woman By Pastor Leo E. Longan It’s been a pretty rough week in America, since the debacle in Charlottesville last Saturday, when many appalling, vicious, racist things were said, shouted and chanted. No wonder we are, as a Read More …
The PAX DOMINI By Rev. Emmanuel N. ILAGAN My personal circumstances have limited the meaning I ascribe to the greeting “Peace be with you” — until a few days ago. I have always thought of the greeting that we say to each other during Sunday Read More …
FROM THE PASTOR: “BEAR YE ONE ANOTHER’S BURDENS AND SO FULFILL THE LAW OF CHRIST” (GALATIANS 6:2) The current health care crisis in our beloved country weighs heavily on my heart. Though I don’t expect it will affect me personally (I just went on Medicare), Read More …
Parable of the Sower By Pastor Leo E. Longan If you remember anything about how Pastor Longan taught the bible, I’d like for you to remember this: always ask yourself “Where am I in this picture?” Whenever you read scripture – and I hope that Read More …
Perfect Love Casts Out Fear By Doris Tegge On May 22, 2017, a terrorist exploded a shrapnel bomb in a crowded venue in Manchester England just as the concert goers were getting ready to leave. 22 innocent persons were killed, including many under 16 years Read More …
Restlessness By Pastor Leo E. Longan There’s so much high beauty in the lessons this morning I hardly know where to begin. The first words of the first lesson and the last words of the gospel are both set to glorious music in Handel’s MESSIAH: Read More …