Lent

The Fifth Sunday in Lent March 13, 2016 Isaiah 43:16-21 This is what the LORD says—he who made a way through the sea, a path through the mighty waters, who drew out the chariots and horses, the army and reinforcements together, and they lay there, never to rise again, extinguished, snuffed out like a wick:  “Forget the former things; do […]

The Fourth Sunday in Lent March 6, 2016 Exodus 3:1-8b, 10-15 Now Moses was tending the flock of Jethro his father-in-law, the priest of Midian, and he led the flock to the far side of the desert and came to Horeb, the mountain of God.  There the angel of the LORD appeared to him in flames of fire from within […]

The Second Sunday in Lent February 21, 2016 Jeremiah 26:8-15 But as soon as Jeremiah finished telling all the people everything the LORD had commanded him to say, the priests, the prophets and all the people seized him and said, “You must die!  Why do you prophesy in the LORD’s name that this house will be like Shiloh and this […]

The First Sunday in Lent February 14, 2016 Deuteronomy 26:5-10 Holy! Holy! Holy! Holy Nation “Then you shall declare before the LORD your God:  ‘My father was a wandering Aramean, and he went down into Egypt with a few people and lived there and became a great nation, powerful and numerous.  But the Egyptians mistreated us and made us suffer, […]

Text:  Isaiah 53:5 This is a very special time of year…For a pastor, it is also humbling time of year.  I feel like the cook working in the kitchen with the finest ingredients who just can’t seem to make it all come together.  I feel like the carpenter with the best wood who finishes the project but it didn’t quite […]