Pastor: Lynn Thompson Bryant
Today’s scriptures present both challenge and hope. They root our hope in our relationship with God. Those who commit themselves to God’s cause can imagine futures and act on their…
Paul's blasphemy was really an offense against God. His zeal was an assault on the Christian community. The prideful and arrogant motivation he had practiced in trying to silence the…
I am quite sure I have never preached about Philemon. I know the story, but digging into it for a relevant interpretation was a good learning experience for me. Here…
There is no way to add enough drama to the reading of this story. It is one of the few that is recorded in all four gospels. The feeding of…
“Lord: How shall we pray?” The disciples are accustomed to sitting around Jesus’s feet and learning from him. But we only have this one prayer articulated by Jesus. We hear…
I used to meet weekly with a wonderful group of clergy when I served churches in the area of Cleveland, Ohio. We studied the lectionary readings for the week ahead…
The Gospel of Luke is well known for stories about all of God’s children: men, women, and children. As he recounts the parables Jesus tells about the Kingdom of Heaven,…
These first few verses of John 3 represent a conversation between Jesus and Nicodemus. Nicodemus: a renowned Teacher of Israel, who comes at night, in the darkness, so his colleagues…
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