As we consider the story of the woman at the well, we are reminded that in order for joy to abound we must be willing to take a leap into the living water, we must be willing to go and tell others to come and see, we must be willing to think beyond our own […]
The widows in the lessons for the day are joined by Oseola McCarty; a washerwoman philanthropist whose zest for living and giving changed the world. We as stewards can do likewise!
Blind guide Pharisees, misunderstanding disciples, and a shrill Canaanite woman. Where would you expect to find great faith? How does this story read you?
The woman at the well in our Gospel lesson today needed water to survive, and so there in the heat of the day she came to get it, never expecting to find a Jewish man all alone at the well too. In her encounter with this man Jesus she found someone who knew who she […]
Using three characters in the story of the healing of the bent over woman in Luke 13, the sermon invites another look at Jesus healing on the Sabbath! “By worshipping God today, you are not keeping the Sabbath, the Sabbath is keeping you!”
Today in our Gospel lesson we have a woman whom people didn’t want to see or hear who had an important message to share. She does not speak a word in our Gospel, and yet she shares volumes with those who are with Jesus that day. She is able to show by her actions how […]
Using the story of the Canaanite woman and Isaiah’s prophecy about the return of the exiles and “all nations” being in the house of the Lord, this sermon responds to a teen’s wonderment that God could welcome all! God’s grace is beyond imagination….scary indeed!
After talking to Jesus, the woman at the well is amazed and believes that it is the messiah, yet Jesus is such a gift to her she almost finds it hard to believe. And yet she cannot contain her excitement. This woman who was shut off from her world pushes her way back in to […]