Mark 1.32-39 John Baillie’s life and faith were forged in the fires of war. Baillie was born in Scotland in 1886, and thus lived through two world wars that forever impacted his homeland. He was a theologian, a professor, and a pastor and denominational leader in the Church of Scotland, and thus tried to lead […]
Ash Wednesday Psalm 51 Teresa Sánchez de Cepeda y Ahumada was born in 1515 in Ávila, Spain. The woman who we usually call Teresa of Avila lost her mother when she was only eleven. It was an incredibly painful time in her life, but out of that pain, Teresa became a very different person. After […]
John 15.1-8 Let me acknowledge up front this morning that I am not a gardener. I choose plants for our yard based on the lack of care needed for them to grow. So, when I say that I have rose bushes in our front yard, understand that these are not carefully cultivated specimens of exotic […]
Luke 9.28-43 It’s 11:00 on Sunday morning, and the churches of Church Row in the middle of downtown are all filling up quickly. Across the street from each other are two congregations who are having a very different experience on this Sunday morning. On one side of the street is Devotion and Emotion Bible Church. […]
Philippians 1.5-6 by LeAundra Stewart-Boyice, guest preacher for Martha Stearns Marshall Sunday. (Apologies to LeAundra for the misspelling of Boyice in the video overlay.) Philippians 1: 5-6 reads, “In view of your participation in the gospel from the first day until now. For I am confident of this very thing, that He who began a […]
Job 38.1-11 It is a familiar scene, perhaps one that has happened in your own home. A young child is ready to go to bed, has had her nighttime story and a glass of milk. She says her prayers and sits quietly for a moment as she thinks. Then with big, innocent eyes, she looks […]
Job 23.1-9 Today is the second in our series on Unanswered Prayers. True confession time. How many of you saw the title and the first thing you thought of was Garth Brooks? His song, Unanswered Prayers, written along with Patrick Alger and Larry Bastian, is probably the best known cultural reference to the topic. But […]
Job 1.1, 2.1-10 What I first noticed was the crowd of people. They had made the hospital waiting room their home away from home. Every seat was taken. Senior adults, children, and everyone in between filled up almost all of the space in the room. There were coolers full of food. There were piles of […]
Luke 10.25-37 by Michaela Schenkel, Intern for Children’s Spiritual Formation, on the occasion of Children’s Sabbath, a Sunday when FBC’s children lead the congregation in worship.
John 2.1-11 Nathanael of Cana sat in the early morning darkness, watching the waves of the Sea of Tiberias quietly splash up on the side of the boat. He and the other disciples sat in silence together, as they had done more than once over the last weeks. He felt the waves take the boat […]
