Jarrett McLaughlin A Life Worth Living: The Odd Life Luke 4:16-30 January 26, 2025 Cold Open: While I was studying theology in Richmond, a classmate of mine gave a sermon in Watts Chapel. He was making a point about the brevity of life – how our time is limited. He...

Meg Peery McLaughlin A Life Worth Living: Measuring Up January 19, 2025 Matthew 3: 13-17 Your bulletin says our text is Matthew 3: 1-17, and that is the text, But I cannot read it without adding the next phrase in the story, from Matthew 4. It’s kind of like how there...

Jarrett McLaughlin A Life Worth Living: What Are We Doing Here? January 12, 2025 1 Kings 19:1-13   Cold Open: I have this weird affinity for both of the Voyager Space Probes. They launched respectively on August 20th and September 5th 1977 - mere months before I...

Meg Peery McLaughlin Life Worth Living: Finding your Life January 5, 2025 John 12: 20-26 Prayer of Illumination We are looking for life, O God. Your word is a lamp unto our feet And a light unto our path. Speak, we are listening. Amen. 20 Now among those who went up...

  Meg Peery McLaughlin December 24, 2024 Luke 2: 1-20 In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be registered. 2 This was the first registration and was taken while Quirinius was governor of Syria. 3 All went to their own...

Jarrett McLaughlin A Weary World Rejoices: “and the soul knew its worth” Luke 1:39-56 December 22, 2024 Cold Open: The force that attracts any two objects with mass toward one another – this is a simplistic definition of gravity as articulated by Isaac Newton. Another...

Meg Peery McLaughlin A Weary World Rejoices: His Law is Love and His Gospel is Peace December 15, 2024 Luke 3: 1-14, 18 Prayer of Illumination Speak to us, Lord. Speak to us in the waiting, the watching, the hoping, the longing. Speak to us by your Word in these...

Hadley Kifner “A Weary World Rejoices” December 1, 2024 Isaiah 9:2-7   PREPARATION FOR THE READING Blessed Thanksgiving Sunday to you… …And Happy New Year! Today is Dec. 1 and the first day of Advent. “According to the church calendar, the first day of Advent is...

Jarrett McLaughlin “Truth in Order to Goodness” November 24, 2024 John 18:28-38   Cold Open: John Colcough (Col-cuff) was nearing the end of his life, but he had something that he needed to share – a secret that he needed to tell. His neighbor, Macky Alston, was...