by Patricia Templeton | Sep 12, 2021 | Sermons, Tricia's Sermons
It seems to start out as just a casual, idle conversation. Jesus and his disciples are walking to the village of Caesarea Philippi, in the northernmost part of Israel. His actions have been gaining notice lately – the healing of a...
by Patricia Templeton | Aug 8, 2021 | Sermons, Tricia's Sermons
“Be kind to one another.” It’s such a simple instruction Paul gives to the Christian community in Ephesus. Be kind to each other. They are words that we might be tempted to skip over. We’ve all heard them...
by Patricia Templeton | Aug 1, 2021 | Sermons, Tricia's Sermons
“We must no longer be children, tossed to and fro and blown about by every wind of doctrine, by people’s trickery, by their craftiness in deceitful scheming.” These words were written by the apostle Paul to the church in...
by Patricia Templeton | Jul 25, 2021 | Sermons, Tricia's Sermons
Do you believe in miracles? It’s a fair question to ask people of faith. Our scripture is full of miracles, defined as “an extraordinary and astonishing happening that is attributed to the presence and action of an...
by Patricia Templeton | Jul 18, 2021 | Sermons, Tricia's Sermons
“Jesus saw a great crowd and he had compassion for them.” Compassion. It’s at the core of who Jesus is. Time and time again in the gospels we hear of Jesus’ compassion — for the crowds who have...
by Patricia Templeton | Jul 11, 2021 | Sermons, Tricia's Sermons
You know it is going to be an interesting week of sermon preparation when you open a commentary on the Gospel lesson and read this, “The story of the beheading of John the Baptist is hardly a text one would spontaneously choose for a sermon.” No...
by Patricia Templeton | Jul 4, 2021 | Sermons, Tricia's Sermons
Happy Fourth of July! On this day that we celebrate the founding of this great nation that we all love, it seems appropriate to begin the day in church with prayers for our country. By any standards the past year has been a difficult one for...
by Patricia Templeton | Jun 20, 2021 | Sermons, Tricia's Sermons
It is one of the most familiar stories in the Bible, the battle between David and Goliath. This tale of the young boy who, using only a sling shot, defeats a mighty giant of a warrior, has become the iconic tale of the triumphant underdog....
