Category: Sermons

James 2:1-13 NRSV I am so thankful for the cooler weather we’ve been having this past week and really enjoyed the more frequency in rain.  Finally.  To take a break from the heat I chose to go to Cloudcroft on

Luke 23: 32-34  September 2, 2018 Well, we’ve made it through the Summer Sermon Series.    Hopefully, we’ve  gained an awareness of how we are all challenged to live the Golden Rule to treat others as we want to be

Luke 24:13-35 – NRSV Our eleventh step to a Compassionate Life is Recognition.  “We recognize a personal connection with the suffering of others and find a way to focus and act upon our concern.” (Karen Armstrong, 12 Steps to a

Romans 15: 1-2,4-9, 13 NRSV The fact that we are on the 10th step of the 12 steps to a compassionate life  not only means that this sermon series is coming to an end, it also reflects the fact that

I have found this summer sermon series of 12 Steps to a Compassionate Life(1) by Karen Armstrong to be an interesting challenge as I apply the sense of mindfulness of past chapter’s information to my own life.  Now we are

Ephesians 4: 25-27, 29-32, 5:2a Step 8 — How should we speak to one another?1 Don’t you think it’s interesting when the title poses a question? Yes, how should we speak to one another? According to Karen Armstrong: “Kindly, gently,

Job 11:5-9. We start today by taking a few minutes to recap the first six steps of the 12 Steps to a Compassionate Life by Karen Armstrong.1 Can you name them? Step 1: We learn about compassion by understanding its

Welcome to the beginning of the summer sermon series based on the book by Karen Armstrong1, Twelve Steps to a Compassionate Life. The first step is to learn about compassion. There are many definitions of compassion and in my preparation

2 Corinthians 4:13-5:1. I start this morning with a story by Rachel Naomi Remen from her book Kitchen Table Wisdom. This essay is entitled “At Last”. Just a few words about the author. A medical doctor, Rachel Naomi Remen, found