Sermons from June 2017

Sermons from June 2017

Three in One

What would you dare to do?

Trinity Sunday June 11, 2017 Matthew 28:16-20  Today is Trinity Sunday when those of us who are preaching may try to find some grand way to explain the concept of the three-in-one, the one-in-three: the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. You may recall I have used the example of 3 forms of water – water, ice and steam – three forms, but one substance.But that still doesn’t do justice to the concept of the Trinity. So, perhaps we could approach…

Breath of Fresh Air

Pentecost – June 4, 2017 Acts 2:1-21 Consider creation. Genesis tells us that God made humanity from two ingredients.  One is dust, mud, dirt, the stuff we now find under our feet. God shapes us from this earthy clay like a kid making a mud pie. But, the Creator does not stop there. God breathes into this shape made from mud, God’s own breath, and the human becomes alive, a creature of matter and spirit. It’s God’s own breath that makes us…