Sermon Summary

Job 38:1-7; Psalm 104:1-9; Hebrews 5:1-10; Mark 10:35-45

Math can be a problem

I have always struggled with math. In 8th grade, I was “pushed ahead” along with some others who had gotten good grades in 7th grade, and we were left on our own to “learn” math from a new book with no instructor. Well, we learned a lot about each other, but not much about math. And in 9th grade algebra, my teacher couldn’t control the class, so she gave up and left us on our own. Another year down the tubes, math-wise.

This left me with a lifetime fear of math, and left me with a very limited understanding of something very important. Math.

This message is taken from Mark 10:35-45, and some of you might be wondering what it has to do with math, but let me tell you
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Originally preached Sunday, October 14, 2018

Sermon Summary

Job 1:1; 2:1-10; Psalm 26; Hebrews 1:1-4; 2:5-12; Mark 10:2-16

This week has been a tragic and traumatic one for a friend of mine—her beloved only daughter has been critically ill with a progressive neurological disease and she was told to pick the day to discontinue all of her treatment. To invite—to expect—a mother to participate in her own child’s death is a horrifying thought, even when it is “the right thing” to do. Knowing that Emily is in heaven doesn’t really help her mother right now. Life is hard. We seem to be faced with stuff we never thought we would have to think about or deal with. As Christians, we recognize (or TRY to!) that we have a part of the answer to life’s struggles.

But how do we DO that?

How might we share it with others?
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Originally preached Sunday, September 30, 2018

Originally preached Sunday, September 23, 2018