by Angela Ward | May 26, 2021 | Text Sermons
The Seventh Sunday of Easter 1 John 5:9-13 In the 2006 comedy Talladega Nights, Will Ferrell plays a NASCAR driver named Ricky Bobby. Ricky is the all-American man, complete with fast food sponsorships and children named Walker and Texas Ranger. And like any good...
by Angela Ward | May 26, 2021 | Text Sermons
In the Gospel lesson today, Jesus used several keywords that are essential to understanding what he is talking about. Love, abide, commandments, joy, and friends are some of the important terms Jesus uses. I want us to focus on the term Joy for a little while. The...
by Angela Ward | May 17, 2021 | Text Sermons
A teacher asked the children in her Sunday School class, “If I sold my house and my car, had a big garage sale and gave all my money to the church, would that get me into heaven?” “NO!” the children all answered. “If I cleaned the church every...
by Angela Ward | Apr 23, 2021 | Text Sermons
Have you all noticed a theme in the readings this Easter season? The lectionary is doing an excellent job of reminding us that Jesus’s mission was to blot out our sins. The challenge we received last week from Fr. Wilson, to live out this Easter season with great...
by Angela Ward | Apr 12, 2021 | Text Sermons
If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained.” There is a true story about a pastor named Jim. Jim was boarding a plane to fly coast-to-coast and sat next to another man. In response to the obligatory job...
