It is November and for me that means thinking about Thanksgiving and the spirit of gratitude. Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday as we enter into this holiday season and really when I think about holidays all year, Thanksgiving tops the
Building Bridges, Climbing Trees
Sermon by Rev. Richard Feyen,delivered Sunday, October 30, 2022at First Christian Church in Las Cruces. First Reading: “Selected Sermons and Writing” by Pauli MurraySecond Reading: Luke 19:1-10 from Eugene Peterson’s “The Message” translation Here, in this space where we gather,
Stumbling Over The Carpet
Sermon by Rev. Richard Feyen,delivered Sunday, October 23, 2022at First Christian Church in Las Cruces. First Reading: “Be Nobody” by Lama MarutSecond Reading: Luke 18:9-14 from Eugene Peterson’s “The Message” translation Several years ago Peggy and I took a vacation
Ask Boldly – Live Justly
Sermon by Rev. Richard Feyen,delivered Sunday, October 16, 2022at First Christian Church in Las Cruces. First Reading: “Paradise in Plain Sight: Lessons from a Zen Garden” by Karen Maezen MillerSecond Reading: Luke 18:1-8 from Eugene Peterson’s “The Message” translation This
80/20 or 90/10
Sermon by Rev. Richard FeyenDelivered Sunday, October 9, 2022First Christian Church in Las Cruces. First Reading: “We Make the Road by Walking” by Brian D. McLarenSecond Reading: Luke 17:5-10 from Eugene Peterson’s “The Message” translation
What is Faith … Faith is DOING
Sermon by Rev. Richard FeyenDelivered Sunday, October 2, 2022First Christian Church in Las Cruces. First Reading: “We Make the Road by Walking” by Brian D. McLarenSecond Reading: Luke 17:5-10 from Eugene Peterson’s “The Message” translation
Inspired: Church Stories
Sermon from June 27, 2021 Personal Instructions 9 Do your best to come to me soon, 10 for Demas, in love with this present world, has deserted me and gone to Thessalonica; Crescens has gone to Galatia,[a] Titus to Dalmatia. 11 Only Luke is with me.
Inspired: Gospel Stories
Sermon from June 20, 2021 John 4:4-26 New Revised Standard Version 4 But he had to go through Samaria. 5 So he came to a Samaritan city called Sychar, near the plot of ground that Jacob had given to his son Joseph. 6 Jacob’s well
Inspired: Fish Stories
Feeding the Five Thousand Sermon from June 13, 2021 13 Now when Jesus heard this, he withdrew from there in a boat to a deserted place by himself. But when the crowds heard it, they followed him on foot from the
Inspired: Resistance Stories
So the king and Haman went to Queen Esther’s banquet, 2 and as they were drinking wine on the second day, the king again asked, “Queen Esther, what is your petition? It will be given you. What is your request?