"As if on a particular holy day, holiday, we remember again the Lord's miracles, God's deeds of long ago." Preached at St Mark UMC in Anniston, AL.

"We, along with them, have every reason to rejoice and shout and praise God out loud. We have every reason. In fact, we don't have an excuse." Preached at St Mark UMC in Anniston, AL.

"After seeing and hearing of Lazarus rising from the tomb, what could possibly happen next?" Preached at St Mark UMC in Anniston, AL.

"'We're going to have a wonderful time! My son is here - given up for dead and now alive! Given up for lost and now found!' And they began to have a wonderful time!" Preached at St Mark UMC in Anniston, AL.

"God's kindness and mercy are far ahead of our mere human, prejudicial understanding of who deserves what." Preached at St Mark UMC in Anniston, AL.

"Our lives will come to an end. We do not know when or where, but because of what we know of our Lord Jesus Christ, we know this will not be the end for us nor for all who believe." Preached at St Mark UMC in Anniston, AL.

"The gospel that we hear is that we are reconciled, conformed, harmonized, settled, brought to terms, patched up, fixed up, kiss and made up by Christ's death to present us holy in his sight, without blemish and free from accusation! Alleluia." Preached at St Mark UMC in Anniston, AL.

"We might develop excuses for not building something or not growing something, but these words from Jesus tell us WE WILL GROW SOMETHING, AND WE WILL BUILD SOMETHING." Preached at St Mark UMC in Anniston, AL.

"All the commentaries I read about these verses all expressed the same essence: WE ARE TO IMITATE THE ONE WHO LOVED US FIRST." Preached at St Mark UMC in Anniston, AL.

"Just as we are blessed in our current condition of difficulties now, woe to us who are content and full and thought well of now. Things. Will. Change." Preached at St Mark UMC in Anniston, AL.