Genesis 41:41-49 Pentecost 11A Sometimes in life things just “don’t go your way.” You try to be a good person, someone who volunteers to help whenever needed. You try to do all the right things, helping friends who need help moving, paying your taxes, being polite to other people. You try to be faithful with […]

1 Kings 3:5-12 If you were given one wish, anything in the world your heart desires, what would you wish for? Perhaps when we think of wishes we think of genies in bottles granting wishes to the lucky one who discovers the genie’s lamp. In the beloved story of Aladdin, the young homeless youth gets […]

Pastor Cortright Pentecost 9A Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43 What was the last book you’ve read, or movie you’ve seen where the bad guys or villain won instead of the hero? Can’t remember? That’s what I thought. The bad guys are never supposed to win. That’s not what we want to see when we go to the […]

David J. Sigrist Pentecost 8A Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23 It can be discouraging to be a Christian these days. As a whole Western culture is leaving behind its Christian roots. Overall church attendance is dropping every year, even as the number of people rises. For most people Saturday and Sunday just blur together into the weekend. […]

1 Timothy 1:12-17 If there is a word that we cherish from the Christian Reformation it’s how much they appreciated the word, “grace.” God’s undeserved love. His mercy to sinners. That word better than any other explains to the world, why we are saved. Why God would send Jesus. It sounds so nice that God […]

Google may be able to answer basic, factual question. And Wikipedia may introduce you to interesting topics. But where do you go when it comes to more complex, useful questions, like whom to marry, where to study, where to work?     A message from Matthew 7:15-29 from our “Here I Stand” sermon series. During […]