Sermon – August 26, 2012

John 6.58-69 Are you Offended? On a very hot afternoon, our little company of Jews and Christians traveling through Israel stopped at a place in the North called Caesarea Philippi, known also by its ancient Roman name as Baines. In many ways it seemed an odd place for...

Sermon – August 19, 2012

John 6:51-58 (and Ephesians 5.15-20) The bread of life Roy W. Howard August 19, 2012 When I was young I didn’t think much about eternal life but when I did, I usually confused it with something called the “afterlife.” Eternal life didn’t really anything to do with...

Sermon – August 12, 2012 (Listen)

Mark 4.35-41 “Learning To Trust”  Listen It’s a strange place to begin.  Did you notice?  The end of a long day, evening has come, darkness is falling over the Sea of Galilee. It’s time to rest.  Jesus, though, turns to his disciples and...

Sermon – June 3, 2012

Romans 8:12-17 and Isaiah 6:1-8 doctrine, devotion, discipleship Trinity Sunday June 3, 2012 Roy W. Howard Today is Trinity Sunday and that presents a challenge for the preacher. It’s not because a brief sermon is an inadequate form to convey the mystery of Triune...

Sermon – May 27, 2012 Pentecost

Acts 2:1-21 and Romans 8:22-27 what do we do now? Pentecost  May 27, 2012 Roy W. Howard When Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, were commissioned by President Thomas Jefferson to find a transcontinental waterway to the Pacific Coast they did not know what they would...

Sermon – April 29, 2012

Psalm 122 and I John April 29, 2012 Fourth Sunday in Easter – Dedication of the Saint Mark sanctuary elegant simplicity Roy W. Howard I was glad when they said, ‘Let us go up to the house of the Lord.’ We are glad, are we not? Like the Psalmist we...