Start Play Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 and Mark 4:3-9 | Eighth Sunday After Pentecost | A Time to Be Wise Sermon Series | July 19, 2015 | Marc Blakesley, preaching
Bigger Than Mom and Dad Together
Start Play Proverbs 1:1–19 | A Time Be Wise Sermon Series | Seventh Sunday After Pentecost | July 12, 2015----more----"God is awesome, but God isn’t safe. When we encounter something that is dangerous we learn to respect it. Boaters know how to respect the water, because what can give joy can also kill. We are... Continue Reading →
Don’t Dream It’s Over
Start Play Psalm 146 | Sixth Sunday after Pentecost | The Music of My Mind Sermon Series | July 5, 2015 | Dennis Sanders, preaching----more----"The writer can praise God because God is the one that gives justice to the oppressed and feeds the hungry. This is the God the frees the prisoners, makes the blind... Continue Reading →
First Comes Marriage, then Comes Grace
Well, it finally happened. After a decade or so of amendments, court challenges, referreudum and the like, same sex marriage is now legal accross the United States. The 5-4 decision by the Supreme Court was a momentous day for many LGBT Americans, myself included. Of course, this news is personal for me. Like a lot... Continue Reading →
Repost: Grace and Race
A post from 2013. I sure loves me some Maria Dixon. Dixon is a Methodist and decided to share he thoughts about the whole Paula Deen affair and decided to take Progressive Christians to task for their selective grace: When it comes to discussing race, progressives have little tolerance for intolerance–past or present. We throw... Continue Reading →
Sing.
Start Play Psalm 40:1–10 | The Music of My Mind Sermon Series | Fifth Sunday After Pentecost | June 28, 2015 | Dennis Sanders, preaching----more----"A friend used to tell people before he started preaching “what was God doing in their lives. I think he believes that God is active, that God changes us. And if... Continue Reading →
Symbols, Actions and American Racism
In 1979, I was 10 years old and in fifth grade. One of my favorite television shows during that time and well into the 80s, was the Dukes of Hazzard. Being a car guy even then, I was fascinated by the bright orange 1969 Dodge Charger driving through the Georgia backwoods. It didn't hurt that... Continue Reading →
Stay With Us
I wrote this for our church blog last week after hearing the news about the shootings at Emmanuel AME. I'm not one that says much, in that way, I'm a lot like my Dad. But this week's slayings at Emmanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina left me without words. A young man was welcomed... Continue Reading →
In the Name of Love
Start Play Psalm 27 | Fourth Sunday After Pentecost | The Music of My Mind Sermon Series | June 21, 2015 | Dennis Sanders, preaching----more----"This Sunday morning, we are a nation that is scared. Yes, we are angry that this abomination happened, but we are shaken to the core."Read the sermon text.
Walking Backwards with a Backpack of Bricks*
One of the difficulties of being a "high functioning" autistic is that it is in a way an invisible disability. For most people, when they look at someone like me, they see a "normal" person. Because they see a person that seems to act just like them, it makes it hard to understand when things... Continue Reading →
The Clockwork Pastor 