Sermon on the Mount
September 14, 2025
“You’re blessed when you’re at the end of your rope. With less of you there is more of God. “You’re blessed when you feel you’ve lost what is most dear to you. Only then can you be embraced by the One to whom you are most dear. “You’re blessed when you’re content with just who […]
Read MoreWelcome Back Sunday Service
September 7, 2025
Sunday’s conversation was about faith in action as our members share their personal faith stories. It’s a powerful way to reconnect, reflect, and start the season together.
Read MoreHumility and Hospitality in God’s Kingdom
August 31, 2025
In her sermon, Amber asks the congregation to picture a table, using examples like Thanksgiving, a middle school cafeteria, or a wedding, to illustrate how tables tell us about who belongs, who has status, and who is left out. She explains that in the day’s scripture passage, Jesus is at a Sabbath meal in a Pharisee’s home, […]
Read MoreFind a Way to Crown the “Queen of Days”
August 24, 2025
When I meet with a couple whose wedding I’ll be officiating, depending on how much time we have and what their openness to it is, I try to have some – I call them – “kick-the-tires” conversations with them about married life. My goal is modest; I’m not a therapist, after all, so what I’m […]
Read More“Realism Is a Friend of Grace”
August 17, 2025
When I meet with a couple whose wedding I’ll be officiating, depending on how much time we have and what their openness to it is, I try to have some – I call them – “kick-the-tires” conversations with them about married life. My goal is modest; I’m not a therapist, after all, so what I’m […]
Read MoreFinding God at Work by Seeking God at Work
August 10, 2025
In this parable, it is dark, it is late, and a number of slaves (and in many bibles, they will be called “servants;” the same Greek word can be translated either way) are watching at the window with lamps lit to see by. They are waiting up for their master. He will arrive whenever he […]
Read MoreToday Is the Day to Be Generous
August 3, 2025
Ancient Jewish law stipulated that, upon his death, a man’s property would pass to his sons – and that the eldest of them, who generally served as the executor, would inherit a double portion of the estate. (Alas, his wife and his daughters would walk away with nothing.) To take the simplest case: If a […]
Read MoreGive. Forgive. Deliver
July 27, 2025
Happy Sunday, FCC Family! We had some technological difficulties with the livestream of this morning’s service, so the manuscript of the sermon can be found below… some fun, light beach reading (about prayer) for you. Luke 11:1-13 Jesus was praying in a certain place, and after he had finished, one of his disciples said to […]
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