by Patricia Templeton | Oct 4, 2020 | Sermons, Tricia's Sermons
This year as we have made our way through the strange time of a global pandemic many of our Old Testament readings have come from the Book of Exodus. Both have been interesting, and often parallel, journeys. We’ve heard God...
by Patricia Templeton | Sep 27, 2020 | Sermons, Tricia's Sermons
This may be an apocryphal story, but it still rings true. The great philosopher Alfred North Whitehead had just finished his opening lecture in a course on cosmology, the study of the universe, when an agitated student came up to him. “I’m sorry, professor, but...
by Patricia Templeton | Sep 20, 2020 | Sermons, Tricia's Sermons
Two hundred thousand. Two hundred thousand people. Two hundred thousand deaths. Two. Hundred. Thousand. That is the number of deaths from the coronavirus we reached in this country this weekend, or we should say that is the official death count....
by Patricia Templeton | Sep 13, 2020 | Sermons, Tricia's Sermons
“Forgive your neighbor the wrong he has done, and then your sins will be pardoned when you pray.”“Peter came and said to Jesus, ‘Lord, if another member of the church sins against me, how often shall I forgive? As many as seven times?”“Jesus said to him, ‘Not seven...
by Patricia Templeton | Sep 6, 2020 | Sermons, Tricia's Sermons
Ever since reading the Gospel early this week I have been thinking about a young man I once knew named Todd. Todd grew up in the Midwest as a Jehovah’s Witness. His father was a leader in that denomination’s hierarchy. His...
by Patricia Templeton | Aug 30, 2020 | Sermons, Tricia's Sermons
Last February top executives from around the country and around the globe gathered for a conference in Boston. For two days, as The Washington Post reports, “they shook hands, kissed cheeks, passed each other the salad tongs at the...
by Patricia Templeton | Aug 23, 2020 | Sermons, Tricia's Sermons
We have entered full bore into the political season, as the presidential campaigns grow ever more intense as we get closer and closer to election day. Last week we had the Democrats’ political convention; this week it will be the...
by Patricia Templeton | Aug 16, 2020 | Sermons, Tricia's Sermons
This summer our Old Testament readings have been from the Book of Genesis, following the stories of the great patriarchs and matriarchs of Israel, beginning with Abraham and Sarah, and passing on through their descendants. With today’s...
