“I’m not interested in whether you’ve stood with the great. I’m interested in whether you’ve sat with the broken.” –Sue Fitzmaurice Click “Save PDF” above to read the complete sermon

For all the wonders of modern medicine, human healing is sometimes every bit as mysterious as it was in Biblical times. Starting from two familiar gospel stories of healing (Mark 5:21-43) Pastor Jeffrey goes on to relate just such a case from his own family. “When you pray, you are not starting a conversation from…

We all need time alone with God, but real life keeps interrupting.  Pastor Jeffrey suggests that the answer is to view the interruptions as invitations, perhaps from God, to put our faith into action, here and now.  (Scripture Mark 6:30-34, 53-56) “You are rewarded not according to your work or time, but according to the…

Pastor Jeffrey reflects on the familiar story of the loaves and Fishes, which, he notes, is the only such story that appears in all four Gospels. “Jesus comes into our human life as the hungry one, the other, hoping to be fed with the Bread of Life, our hearts by loving, and our hands by…

As we continue our transition back to normal services inside our sanctuary, Pastor Jeffrey turns to the Gospel story of Jesus calming the troubled waters for inspiration.  (Scripture Psalm 107: 1-3, 23-32; Mark 4:35-41)

This was a very special Sunday:  After 16 months of video services, Zoom meetings and outdoor services, we were finally able to worship together again in our modest, but much-loved sanctuary. To mark the occasion, Pastor Jeffrey preached a wide ranging sermon on homecoming, from Jesus’ spectacularly unsuccessful attempt to return to his home in…

For Fathers Day, Pastor Jeffrey looks at the relationship between the three things that – linked together – have been the most important influences in his life. In many ways, baseball was a primer for life for me — spirituality 101 — and it all took place on the field – or sometimes in our…

Pastor Jeffrey looks at several Bible passages where Jesus discusses the nature of prayer, especially the story of the tax collector (in Luke 18:9-14) desperately praying for God’s absolution. Jeffrey suggests that this kind of openness, this reaching out – perhaps without even saying a word – is the essence of prayer. We are living…

For Memorial Day, Pastor Jeffrey explored the meaning of memorials, from the death of Moses to today. The conclusion: remembering isn’t good manners or something ‘nice.”  Remembering is an integral, essential part of being human and alive.   Only that can be really yours which is another’s, for only what you have given, be it only…

For Pentecost Sunday, the Church’s Birthday, Pastor Jeffrey re-visits that first congregation being touched by tongues of fire, but then he turns to the bigger question: where in today’s world is that kind of inspired fire needed?  How can we summon, personally,  the kind of energy and passion that built the early church. May God…