De Chardin’s book, Christianity and Evolution, points in a direction that Christians have been reluctant to explore.

Myron Cohen was a Jewish comedienne. He played the clubs of the Catskills… he appeared on the old Ed Sullivan show. One of the stories he told went something like this...

Fred Craddock, one of the great preachers of the 20th century, told this story… I went to see a lady in our church who was facing surgery. I went to see her in the hospital.

When we look at the specific things that we’re pretty sure Jesus actually said – like we will for these next couple of weeks – we’ll take care to make sure we get what he was talking about.

When we look at the specific things that we’re pretty sure Jesus actually said – like we will for these next couple of weeks – we’ll take care to make sure we get what he was talking about.

Are you familiar with the Harry Potter books or movies? One of the magical creatures in the Harry Potter series is Fawkes. Fawkes is a phoenix… a beautiful, magical bird. He belongs to the great wizard Albus Dumbledore.

Today begins the church season of Advent. It means "coming" or "arrival." The entire season focuses on the birth of Jesus the Christ in his First Advent, and the anticipation of the return of Christ the King in his repeating Advents.

Do you ever talk to yourself? Of course you do. I do, too. I usually don’t do it out loud; but I do it all of the time. I carry on running conversations with myself.

This is the first of two Sunday messages where we will focus on stewardship. Let’s begin with the scripture we heard read… This brief passage is known as the story of the Widow’s Mite.