Listen to the Sermon for April 25, 2010: Right in Front of your Nose
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Sermon for April 11, 2010, Dr. Wayne Walters
From Reasonable Doubt to Faith
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Sermon for Easter Sunday, April 4, 2010, Dr. Wayne Walters
A Surprise Ending
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Sermon for March 28, 2010, Rev. Heather Blackstone Preaching:
Navigating the Contours of the Road
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If roads could talk, I wonder what they would have said 2000 years ago.
Sermon for March 21, 2010: Eyes Wide Open
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Extravagance has to do with recognizing when something is important.
John 12:1-8
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Sermon for March 14, 2010: Staying on Track
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Sermon for March 7, 2010, Dr. Wayne Walters: The First Step to a New Life
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Sermon for February 28, 2010, Dr. Wayne Walters: Do Your Fears Win Your Battles?
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How many times have we failed to challenge obvious wrong because we were afraid of what the consequences might be?
Luke 13:31-35
Sermon for February 21, 2010, Dr. Wayne Walters: Into Temptation
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Is it any wonder that we want to nail some things down so when we wake up tomorrow morning there will be something familiar about our world?
Luke 9:28-36
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If you want to see the efforts of your life really add up to something, really be spectacular, then move out from the safe waters where you normally sit and really go for it.
Luke 5:1-11
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Sermon for January 31, 2010: Rev. Inman Moore
There comes a time in our lives when we need to have some strong beliefs.
Mark 9:17-24
Sermon for January 24, 2010: Dr. Wayne Walters
While some gifts may appear to be more valuable on the surface, all gifts which are from God are important to the overall purpose and mission of the church.
1 Corinthians 12:12-31a
Sermon for January 17, 2010: Dr. Wayne Walters
The Christian life, the work of the church, and the work of individual Christians is not just being ready to respond to disasters, as important as that ability is when there are such incidents. The Christian life based on the life of Jesus and the nature of the church as it was formed, must incorporate engagement in the struggles and suffering of people because of systemic injustices and inequities in our societies.
Amos 5:18-24
Sermon for January 10, 2010: Dr. Wayne Walters
Jesus doesn’t promise longevity or ease of life or a showering of blessings to his followers. What he does promise is a life with meaning, a life with purpose, and connection with God.
Luke 3:15-17, 21-22
Sermon for December 27, 2009: Rev. Inman Moore
If Jesus was a peaceful person and he preached peace as the way of life for his followers, why don’t we live in peace?
Isaiah 2: 1-4; Luke 2: 8-16
Sermon for December 20, 2009: Dr. Wayne Walters
How many of us have been leaping with joy the past few weeks?
Luke 1:39-45
Sermon for December 6, 2009: Dr. Wayne Walters
Getting ready for Christ is different from getting ready for Christmas.
Luke 3:1-6
Sermon for November 29, 2009: Rev. Inman Moore
When You Pray
Advent is all about prayer and meditation as we reflect on the coming of the Messiah.
Psalm 51: 1-4, 7-12; Matthew 6: 5-15
Sermon for November 22, 2009: Dr. Wayne Walters
We All Need to Belong Somewhere
I suppose if we were British the idea of Christ as a king would be more palatable.
John 18:33-37
Sermon for November 15, 2009: Dr. Wayne Walters
Learning to Be Patient
Whatever we see in this world, as mighty and magnificent as it might seem, if it was built with human hands it will one day be destroyed.
Mark 13:1-8
Sermon for November 8, 2009: Dr. Wayne Walters
Thankfulness is not dependent on an abundance of material blessings; it is a condition of the heart and an eye to seeing how rich we really are.
Mark 12:38-44
Sermon for November 1, 2009: Dr. Wayne Walters
The tapestry of my life story is emblazed with the names of people who I have spent some time on the same road of life for a brief time and something they did or said had an influence on me.
John 11:32-44
Sermon for October 25, 2009: Dr. Wayne Walters
Maybe Jesus was so loved because of times he stopped to see what was needed by someone when the normal thing to do and the thing everybody else wanted to do was to look the other way and hurry on to their destination.
Mark 10:46-52
Sermon for October 18, 2009: Dr. Wayne Walters
Jesus counsels us to stop thinking about ourselves, to stop yelling and pounding for what we want, and instead first to consider how we might help someone else.
Mark 10:35-45
Sermon for October 11, 2009: Rev. Inman Moore
"Preacher, what do you mean, 'Facing the Future Unafraid?' How can you say that? Take off those rosy tinted glasses and get real. The future scares me to death. This is a fearful world."
Sermon for October 4, 2009: Dr. Wayne Walters
When Jesus walked with people and taught them about his vision, what we believe is God’s vision for the world, he was painting a picture of the ideal world. Not a fairy tale, never-to-be-seen world, but the world in the ideal.
Mark 10:2-13
Sermon for September 27, 2009: Dr. Wayne Walters
If you want to make a difference, then consistently be about helping or serving others and worry less about whether other people are doing the right or wrong thing.
Mark 9:38-50
Sermon for September 20, 2009: Dr. Wayne Walters
The more we love others first, the more that comes back to us.
Mark 9:30-37
Sermon for September 13, 2009: Dr. Wayne Walters
How one can measure alignment with Christ?
Sermon for September 6, 2009: Dr. Wayne Walters
Welcome to life.
Sermon for August 30, 2009: Dr. Wayne Walters
There is something about being a member of a club or group that has an appeal to most of us.
Sermon for August 23, 2009: Dr. Wayne Walters
Is a new self really possible?
For rebirth to be possible or likely you have to see that something is incomplete and not perfect, maybe far from perfect, about the present.
Sermon for August 16, 2009: Dr. Wayne Walters
If God can speak to us at our conscious level, why could God not speak to us at a subconscious level?
Sermon for August 9, 2009: Rev. Inman Moore
Amos, Micah, Hosea, Jeremiah, and Isaiah were reformers. Paul was a reformer. Martin Luther was a reformer. John Wesley was a reformer. Jesus was a reformer.
Sermon for August 2, 2009: Rev. Inman Moore
Let's pick up that towel and run with it!
Sermon for July 26, 2009: Rev. Wayne Walters
"Okay, so how many people did you share your lunch with?”
Sermon for July 19, 2009: Rev. Wayne Walters
“Passion tea or regular?”
Sermon for July 12, 2009: Rev. Wayne Walters
Because you just never know...
Sermon for July 5, 2009: Rev. Wayne Walters
Who do we think Jesus is?
Sermon for June 28, 2009: Rev. Inman Moore
Up until God created humans on the sixth day, he had it made.
Sermon for June 21, 2009: Rev. Inman Moore
In preparation for this sermon I went to the internet and Googled the word, “Mistake.” There were many entries. One said, “We spend half our lives messing up. The other half is spent dealing with it.” Everybody makes mistakes.
