Lent A Season of Repentance. Luke 18:9-14 Pastor Barry Kerner We disciples of Jesus are celebrating our communal Lenten pilgrimage, a 40 day spiritual journey that will hopefully enable us to better appreciate and celebrate the life giving death and eternal resurrection of our Lord and Savior, the very feast of our salvation. These […]
In Christ #6—I Have Abundant Life! 1 John 5:11–12 Pastor Barry Kerner In Christ, we live. I think most people hunger for a better life, a richer life, a fuller life. Jesus said in John 10:10, The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and […]
In Christ #5—I am blessed! Pastor Barry Kerner Good morning. Do you regularly stop to count your blessings? When I think of counting my blessings I always think of the movie classic White Christmas. In one scene Bing Crosby and Rosemary Clooney sing a song with the lines, “When you are troubled and you can’t […]
In Christ #4—We are reconciled 2 Corinthians 5:17–21 Pastor Barry Kerner Does anybody here have an enemy? Someone with whom you are at odds? Or someone you just don’t like? Don’t look at me that way! We live in a deeply divided world. People hate each other based on religion, race, nationality, economics, status, […]
Lenten Series #2 Whose Idea Was This? John 14:1-7 Pastor Barry Kerner
Lenten Series #2 Whose Idea Was This? John 14:1-7 Pastor Barry Kerner It’s been said that, “With God, our lives are an open book.” Sometimes, however, we may find ourselves in the middle of the book and still asking, “Whose bright idea was this anyway? It sure wasn’t mine!” We like to think of […]