Sermons on Daily Life (Page 14)

Who do we listen to in our lives? Or phrased a different way, who or what do we place our trust in to give us guidance for how to live our lives? For some, it might be Scripture, for others it might be friends or family, it might be a combination of all of the above, or it might be something else entirely. Yet, who and what we listen to has an important impact on the…

Have you ever heard the story of finding the first Dead Sea scroll? It’s quite a remarkable story, actually, not unlike our Gospel, at least the version that was told to us when we were at Qumran by the Dead Sea. It begins with a boy who is out shepherding his father’s sheep when one of them goes missing. With this being their livelihood, the boy knew that he would be in…

During my first year of internship at Phinney Ridge, we were recording all of our worship services to view with the congregation together on Sunday morning. One week, the pastors decided that we would do a procession from outside the building, through the narthex, and into the sanctuary. Being the intern, I was tasked with carrying the cross. The large, heavy, metal and…