Space for What’s Next
Space for What’s Next Bob Stillerman Proper 19, Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost, 9-13-2020 Exodus 14:19-31 Space for Whats Next Exodus 14.19-31 9-13-2020 Imagine you had been enslaved for more than four-hundred years: forced to labor...
Longing for God’s Law
Longing for God’s Law Bob Stillerman Proper 18, Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost, 9/6/2020 Psalm 119:33-40 Longing for Gods Law This week, the Miami Heat won a crucial playoff game against the Milwaukee Bucks on a...
Abundance not Scarcity
Abundance not Scarcity Bob Stillerman Proper 17, Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost, 8/30/2020 Romans 12:9-21 Abundance not Scarcity From the earliest days, rulers have used the threat of scarcity to maintain their powers. Pharaoh claimed he...
Resourceful People
Resourceful People Bob Stillerman Proper 16, Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost, 8-23-2020 Matthew 16:13-20 Resourceful People Matthew 16.13-20 8-23-2020 Last week, we read a Psalm that mentioned Mt. Hermon, a large peak that rises above the...
Life is Good
Life is Good Bob Stillerman Proper 15, Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost, 8/16/2020 Psalm 133 Life is Good Psalm 133 8-16-2020 A lot of times, worship at Sardis is hypoallergenic. That is to say, our sense...
Reality Check
Reality Check Tillie Duncan Proper 14, Tenth Sunday after Pentecost, 8-9-2020 1 Kings 19:9-18 Reality Check Tillie 8-9-2020 Turn on TV during a news hour or click Covid updates on your computer, and you will...
Take It and Break It
Take It and Break It Bob Stillerman Proper 13, Ninth Sunday after Pentecost, 8/2/2020 Matthew 14:13-21 Take It and Break It Matthew 14.13-21 8-2-2020 Kingdom. Order. Realm. Existence. Gravitational force. Reality. We’ve spent several weeks...
Kingdom Stuff
Kingdom Stuff Bob Stillerman Proper 12, Eighth Sunday after Pentecost, 7/26/2020 Matthew 13:31-33, 44-52 Kingdom Stuff Matthew 13.31-33 and 44-52 7-26-2020 If you wanted to farm a field, or plant a garden, and have that...
Violets
Violets Bob Stillerman Proper 11, Seventh Sunday after Pentecost, 7/19/2020 Matthew 13:24-43 Violets Matthew 13.24-43 7-19-2020 Clarence Jordan once wrote, “God is not a celestial prison warden jangling the keys on a bunch of lifers....
Sower. Seeds. Soil.
Sower. Seeds. Soil. Bob Stillerman Proper 10, Sixth Sunday after Pentecost, 7/12/2020 Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23 Sower. Seeds. Soil. Matthew 13.1-9 18-23 7-12-2020 There was a sower, and there were seeds, and there was soil. I’m...