Lord, Teach Us to Pray: Jonah 2
Meg Peery McLaughlin Lord, Teach Us To Pray March 12, 2023 Jonah 2 Someone said to me this week, I don’t mean to be rude, preach, but when I pray, I don’t hear God talking back to me. A different UPC saint sent me an email is it possible that I am feeling peace...
Lord, Teach Us To Pray: Humble as a Mumble
Jarrett McLaughlin “Lord, Teach Us To Pray: Humble as a Mumble" March 5, 2023 Luke 18: 9-14 We are continuing our series called “Lord, Teach Us to Pray.” We are taking a tour of the prayers contained in Scripture to see what they can tell us about the practice of...
Lord, Teach Us to Pray
Meg Peery McLaughlin Lord, Teach Us to Pray Lent 1/ February 26, 2023 Matthew 6: 7-13 Prayer of Illumination Everlasting God, whose tenacious love holds us: make our hearts the house of your truth and make our minds the realm of your wisdom so that our fellowship will...
A Unified Why
Nancy Myer “A Unified Why” February 12, 2023 For my fellow math people out there: Imagine a town of 10,000 people. The town is designed for that many… it has the right number of homes… the right number of schools… the right number of restaurants… the right number of...
Do I Have To Believe That? “Jesus is the Only Way”
Jarrett McLaughlin Do I Have To Believe That? “Jesus is the Only Way” February 5, 2023 John 14: 1-14 Pre-Scripture: One spring Saturday afternoon during my fifth grade year – the phone rang. My Mom answered and then held the phone to me: “some girl wants to speak with...
Do I Have to Believe That? Original Sin
Meg Peery McLaughlin Do I Have to Believe That? Original Sin January 29, 2023 Genesis 3 It feels impossible to hear this story without wrapping it in old baggage. But God, it is also true that it is impossible to encounter your Word and not have the Holy Spirit...
Do I Have To Believe That? Creationism
Meg Peery McLaughlin Do I Have To Believe That? Creationism January 22, 2023 Genesis 1:1-2:1 I’m Scott Singleton, Pharmaceutical Scientist, Listen: When God began to create the heavens and the earth, 2 the earth was complete chaos, and darkness covered the face of the...
Do I Have To Believe That? Hell and Judgment
Jarrett McLaughlin Do I Have To Believe That? Hell and Judgment January 15, 2023 Luke 16:19-31 Revelation 21: Selections Luke 16:19-31 “There was a rich man who was dressed in purple and fine linen and who feasted sumptuously every day. And at his gate lay a poor man...
Do I Have to Believe That? Predestination
Meg Peery McLaughlin Do I Have to Believe That? Predestination January 8, 2023 Ephesians 1: 3-12 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places, 4 just as he chose us in Christ...