Sermons on Luke (Page 3)
The King Is Coming!
April 10, 2022……….Palm Sunday……….Pastor Pat Mecham Philippians 2: 5-11; Luke 19; 28-40 When I was a kid, two of my very favorite people were my Uncle Ozzie and Aunt Deede. I have a very vivid memory of anticipation–being excited about their arrival for a visit. I climbed up into the big willow tree in our front yard so that I could look ‘way down the street, keeping my eyes peeled for their little Volkswagen Beetle. I was so eager for…
Reconciled
March 27, 2022———-4th Sunday in Lent Psalm 32; 2 Corinthians 5: 16-21; Luke 15: 1-32 Dale was a proud man, a man who was glad that his grown kids had settled in the same area, a man who was happiest when his whole (large) family gathered around the table for a meal. But Dale had a problem. His teenaged grandson had acted in a way that he considered to be extremely disrespectful, and he had called him on it. The…
Should We Get What We Deserve?
March 20, 2022———–3rd Sunday in Lent————Rev. Bob Kelley 1 Corinthians 10: 1-13; Luke 13: 1-9 Luke 13: 1-9 Karma, we all know what it is, and most of us pretty much believe in it. And karma tells us, that in life, we are generally going to get what is coming to us. If we are good, God will bless us, and if we are bad God will get us. If not now, then when we die. And we think…
Don’t Be “Detoured”
March 13, 2022———–2nd Sunday in Lent Philippians 3: 17 – 4: 1; Luke 13: 31-35 I have heard it said that life is a journey—and that it’s the journey itself more than the destination that is important and significant—and that sometimes the detours are actually part of God’s plan, and are significant waypoints on the path God means for us. I agree with this view…mostly. When the detours take us from the path we have selected for ourselves, and the…
Discerning the Path
March 6, 2022——–1st Sunday in Lent Psalm 91:1-2, 9-16 Luke 4:1-13 Remember the old days when you had a trip coming up, and you would get out the old folding maps and make a plan for how you were going to get from here to there? Those of us who love MAPS always cherished that particular activity! But now we have a GPS on our phones, and we simply type in our destination and we see two or three…
Truth to the Modern World
2 Corinthians 3:12 – 4:2—————–Luke 9: 28-43a February 27, 2022————————Rev. Patrick Mecham Transfiguration There is a scene in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone in which Harry stumbles upon a magic mirror. When he stands directly in front of the mirror, he sees his parents standing behind him, smiling at him. His parents are no longer living, having died when he was only a toddler, so he loves looking into this mirror and being a part of a real…
Healing in Forgiveness
Genesis 45: 3-11, 15—————1 Corinthians 15: 35-38, 42-50 Luke 6: 27-38 February 20, 2022——————-7th Sunday after Epiphany Rev. Patrick Mecham There has been a lot of talk about healing and health—probably since the beginning of humanity. This has been especially true living through this pandemic! But in recent years, there have been some amazing discoveries. One of these is that our HEALTH is not just a matter of the physical body—it includes so many more facets. One major factor in…
Those Who Trust in the Lord
Psalm 1—————1 Corinthians 15: 12-20—————Luke 6: 17-26 February 13, 2022—————Rev. Patrick Mecham Sixth Sunday after Epiphany Happy are those who trust in the Lord. It’s kind of a basic concept in our faith, isn’t it? I remember seeing a skit back in college where a student gets on an elevator and sees a friend and starts telling them about the new spiritual insight they had recently gleaned: TRUST IN THE LORD! “Oh, my life has become so much more peaceful…
Fishing with Jesus
1 Corinthians 15: 1-11—————-Luke 5: 1-11 February 6, 2022—————-Rev. Patrick Mecham 5th Sunday after Epiphany One of my friends had an Uncle Ted who taught him how to tie a fly to the leader line for fly fishing. He has a treasured memory of the passing along of that life-skill, and he has used it for years! I personally find it to be a very helpful experience to explore all the important things in my treasure chest of skills…
Godly Love in Our Age
January 30, 2022……….4th Sunday after Epiphany 1 Corinthians 13: 1-13……….Luke 4: 21-30 I have a challenge for you. Try to think of ways to describe the Christian faith and the Christian life without using the word love. Just try it. I know that part of the difficulty in communicating with others about our faith is that we have to use a word that is so commonly used to indicate a variety of things! And, if we are going to…
More than a Sum of Its Parts
January 23, 2022……….3rd Sunday after Epiphany 1 Corinthians 12: 12-31a……….Luke 4: 14-21 Years ago (dare I say decades ago?!), Melissa and I spent a summer at a Presbyterian Camp on the slopes of Mr. Rainier. She was a counselor, and I was the director, and we had a wonderful, exhausting, exhilarating summer! Every week, we welcomed a new crop of campers: sometimes elementary, sometimes middle school, sometimes high school. But on Day 2 of every week, we played a game…
Passing Through the Waters
January 9, 2022……….Baptism of the Lord Isaiah 43: 1-7……….Luke 3: 15-17, 21-22 Anyone here who knows how to swim, would you raise your hands? Wow. It might have been easier to ask who doesn’t know how to swim! Swimming is a big deal in our lives: we swim for exercise and fun, we swim to cool off in the summer. Back in the days when I was doing youth ministry in hotter climes, our youth groups would have pool parties…