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There is a beautiful story told about George Friedrich Handel. He was at the height of his career. He had been summoned to Italy by the Medici Prince Cosmo the third. While there, he wrote his great Italian operas Rodrigo and Agrippino. With all the success, he was not happy with his music. He thoughtContinue reading “Mary’s Song: The First Christmas Carol”

Christmas centers in the story told from the heart and not from the head. It is totally left brain. It has stimulated poets and artist’s brushes as no other story has. The story of the baby Jesus is told to the delight of little children. The story is also loved by parents and the grandparents,Continue reading “The Christmas Story is Future Tense”

The other day I was leisurely reading the Prophet Isaiah, when suddenly words I read many times, which I know from memory, suddenly leapt out at me from the biblical page and became alive. By the way, I suggest that you rarely have an experience like this reading any other book. The verse that excitedContinue reading “We Believe in the Second Advent”

Last week, we left the children of Israel wandering in the wilderness. There were no signposts to guide them. There was no real security to comfort them. At best, they had Mana and quail to eat. There was always enough for today, but when they had enough, the Mana melted and quail disappeared. The onlyContinue reading “In Search of the Promised Land”

Last week we drew startling parallels between the bondage in which children of Israel found themselves in good old Egypt’s land and the predicament of enslavement we find ourselves in today. You remember we talked about how the Israelites became enslaved in Egypt for economic reasons. They needed food and security. It was better toContinue reading “Wandering in the Wilderness”

“Give thanks in all circumstances.” 1 Thessalonians 5 vs. 6“Everything give thanks.” King James Version On this Thanksgiving Sunday, there comes to me a challenge from across the years. This challenge goes like this: “Give thanks in all circumstances.”  Now you might suspect these were the words of a man who lived in a veryContinue reading “Thanksliving”

The history of man has moved in a strange rhythm over-and-over from the downbeat of bondage to the upbeat of freedom. In this strange cycle, man is his own greatest enemy. He is hell-bent for his own destruction. Despite the many options for freedom that he is presented with, man has an incredulous ability toContinue reading “Bondage in Our Egypt”

“And, he went a little farther, and fell on his face and prayed, praying, 0 my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless, not as I will, but as thou wilt.” (Matthew 26:39) Spiritual stagnation is a most tragic reality in the experience of many church members and people ofContinue reading “A Little Farther”

“It seems to me that the theme of the New Testament is one of joy. I’m somewhat disappointed that ministers do not preach on the theme very often. I feel that this is one of the best antidotes for depression.”  These are the words a member of our congregation, Dr. Howard Dewey. He said these wordsContinue reading “Rejoice all Children of God”