Category: Sermons

Rev. Dr. Steven JungkeitTexts: Psalm 40, Acts 16: 23-25 The Time of Our Singing My time is brief this morning. I trust that will come as a relief to you. And so let me jump right in by describing a scene. First, there is a tavern. It is a non-descript, [...]

Rev. Dr. Steven JungkeitTexts: Isaiah 40: 28-31 (The Inclusive Bible), Philippians 1: 3-4 “Need Someone in the By and By” More than a few of you, I’m guessing, have seen The Pitt, the medical drama about the Emergency Room of a Pittsburgh hospital. The Pitt was the darling of the [...]

Rev. Dr. Steven JungkeitTexts: Song of Solomon 3: 1-7-4, 5:1 “I Want to Know What Love Is” To begin, here are some lines from the ancient Greek poet, Sappho, who Plato once called “the Tenth Muse:” Some say horsemen, some say warriors,Some say a fleet of ships is the loveliestVision [...]

“New Lines of Faith to Trace”          Rev. Dr. Steven JungkeitTexts: I Peter 3: 13-16; Luke 1: 26-34 Earlier this summer I read a profile of a church in the city of Austin, Texas, the St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church.[1] It’s the church that Senate candidate James Talarico [...]

“A Rainbow of Neighbors”          Rev. Laura Fitzpatrick-NagerText: Luke 10:25-37 I was taking a quick walk in my neighborhood last week when I met up with one of my neighbors. I had a slim margin of time in between my “to do” lists to get my steps [...]

“Many Mansions”         Rev. Dr. Steven JungkeitTexts: John 14: 1-4; Philippians 2: 3-7       Every year at this time we’re presented with the dilemma of how to merge our lives and stories once again. We’ve heard from a variety of different voices throughout the summer, [...]

“The Things that Make for Peace”                Rev. Dr. Paul C. Hayes (Madison, CT)Scriptures: Luke 19:41, 42; Mt 5:43-48; Revelation 21:1-7           I’ve spent a great deal of my life engaged in the art of peacemaking. I’ve done this, not through official diplomat channels as some do, [...]

“Stepping Out”                Rev. Cathy ZallText: Matthew 14:22-33      Alan Watts an Anglican priest who later became a Buddhist observed that what people were most deeply seeking in religion was not a collection of doctrines, rituals, symbols or even moral precepts but rather a pathway to a [...]

“None Of Us is Ordinary”                Rev. Dr. Gary Comstock  Sometimes we make things more complicated than they really are. We seek a solution that’s much greater than the problem we face. We overlook what’s simple and obvious and look for something that may be more complex, meaningful, [...]

“In Search of Heart Knowing”                Rev. Cathy Zall and Mary VillaText: Psalm 139:1-12 “In Search of Heart Knowing”        Always such a pleasure to join in worship at FCCOL.  This congregation has played such a central role in my spiritual life and continues to be [...]