First United Church of Christ (Bremen, IN)

What does it mean to "hear [Jesus'] voice"?  What expectations should we have about what it means to follow the Good Shepherd?  Answering that question turns out to be the work of a lifetime. A printable version of this sermon is available here. 

Jesus' third appearance to the disciples offers further clarification on the meaning of Easter-- for the person who needs that clarification as urgently as anyone. A printable version of this meditation can be found here.

This story about Thomas and his doubts takes a turn. That turn changes the focus from Thomas to the story's real concern-- you and me. What's it mean for us to believe in resurrection? (The reading is audio from this video.)

The story told by the Grand Canyon began some five or six years ago. Relative to that our own story is but a blip. But is that all we are? A blip? A printable version of this sermon. 

We focus on the elder brother this week.  It turns out that, even as their priorities stand in contrast to one another,  he's just as lost as his brother was.  A printable version of the sermon can be found here.

This week we focus primarily on the younger brother. (The older brother is next Sunday.) Jesus gives us a picture of God whose love is shocking, even shameless. A printable version is available here.

It's always tempting to read God's judgment into natural disasters and other tragedies. But the conclusions we draw are likely to be all wrong. Here's a printable version.

Paul recommends that the church look to him as an example for how to live. It's an audacious claim for anyone to make-- especially someone who's in jail at the time.

Here's a printable version.

Why does Luke put the temptations in a different order than Matthew?  This sermon (and video) offer one explanation.
Here is the video that is shown in this sermon.  Here is a printable version. 

Turn the other cheek? Give to those from whom you expect nothing in return? What in the world could Jesus mean by this? To answer that, we need to know what Jesus means by everything he does. For a printable version.