Lasting Words
May 5, 2017 | John 10: 22-30 | Rev. Nancy Talbot – The other night when I turned on the evening news I was almost overcome with frustration and despair by the images on the screen coming out of […]
Broken Open
April 30, 2017 | Luke 24: 13 – 35 | Rev. Nancy Talbot – The story of the road to Emmaus contains elements of both surprise and familiarity. It’s the same day some of Jesus followers have found his empty tomb, a man named Cleopas and […]
Spring
April 23, 2017 | Luke 24:36-48 | Rev. Wade Lifton – If you ask people about a sacred experience, most people, religious and non religious, will talk about an experience in nature. Richard Rohr, a Franciscan Priest and popular writer, talks about two […]
Unbound
April 2, 2017 | | Rev. Nancy Talbot – One of my early experiences of death happened when I was in high school. Our local dentist, whose daughter happened to be a good friend of mine, died suddenly after a massive heart. It was […]
Good Friday Service
Blindness and Sight
March 26, 2017 |John 9: 1-12, 35-41| Rev. Wade Lifton – **Please note: audio recording starts about 2 minutes into sermon. Full written sermon posted below. Blindness and Sight Blindness and sight are often used as a metaphor for spiritual openness. We hear it throughout the bible. We […]
Thirst
March 19, 2017 | John 4: 5-42 | Rev. Nancy Talbot– Those of you who were here last Sunday or reflecting on the scripture passage for the week at home may notice some stark contrasts between last week’s story of Nicodemus […]
Lent two: Nicodemus
March 12 , 2017 |John 3: 1-17| Rev. Nancy Talbot – For the next several weeks in this season of Lent we are going to be focussing on stories from the Gospel of John. Most of you know there are 4 different versions of the story of Jesus in the […]
The Story of Jesus Tempted in the Desert
March 5 , 2017 |Matthew 4:11 | Rev. Wade Lifton –
even if my voice shakes
February 26, 2017 |2 Corinthians 1: 3-4 | Anne Ellis – I chose this image for my reflection, because standing up here, sharing this story isn’t easy, but it’s the truth. What I am going to share today is my own story, my own lived experience with mental […]