Epiphany (C)Providence United Methodist ChurchCharlotte, North Carolina 1In the time of King Herod, after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea, wise men from the East came to Jerusalem, 2asking, “Where is the child who has been born King of…
Dreaming (Genesis 37:1-11)
The Twelfth Sunday After Pentecost (A)Union Grove United Methodist ChurchHillsborough, North Carolina 1Jacob settled in the land where his father had lived as an alien, the land of Canaan. 2This is the story of the family of Jacob. Joseph, being…
Can’t Win for Losin’ (Matthew 11:16-19, 25-30)
The Seventh Sunday After Pentecost (A)Union Grove United Methodist ChurchHillsborough, North Carolina 16“But to what will I compare this generation? It is like children sitting in the marketplaces and calling to one another, 17 ‘We played the flute for you,…
A Two-Cubit Shower (Genesis 6:11-22)
The Second Sunday After Pentecost (A)Union Grove United Methodist ChurchHillsborough, North Carolina 11Now the earth was corrupt in God’s sight, and the earth was filled with violence. 12And God saw that the earth was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted…
Isn’t Fruit Healthy? (Genesis 2:15-17, 3:1-7)
The First Sunday in Lent (A)Union Grove United Methodist ChurchHillsborough, North Carolina 2:15The Lord God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to till it and keep it. 16And the Lord God commanded the man, “You…
Seek His Face! (Psalm 27:7-14)
The Third Sunday After the Epiphany (A)Union Grove United Methodist ChurchHillsborough, North Carolina 7 Hear, O Lord, when I cry aloud,be gracious to me and answer me!8 “Come,” my heart says, “seek his face!”Your face, Lord, do I seek.9 Do…
Back to the Grindstone (Matthew 2:13-23)
The First Sunday of Christmas (A)Union Grove United Methodist ChurchHillsborough, North Carolina 13Now after they had left, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, “Get up, take the child and his mother, and flee…
“Though Justice Be Thy Plea” (Matthew 20:1-16)
Reading for the Sixteenth Sunday After Pentecost (A)Introduction to Christian PreachingDuke University Divinity SchoolDurham, North Carolina 1“For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard. 2After agreeing…