Sermons from October 2022
Lord’s Prayer 5: Give us this day our daily bread
SERMON: GIVE US THIS DAY OUR DAILY BREAD Back in 1918, a traveling salesman named Charles Wilden visited the studio of the photographer Eric Enstrom. Impressed by what he recognized as kindness in the bearded man’s face, Enstrom asked Wilden to pose for a picture. Eric intended to capture an…
Lord’s Prayer 3: Thy Kingdom Come
SERMON: Thy Kingdom come One of the highlights of visiting New York for me is a special place in Central Park West, the John Lennon Strawberry Fields memorial, with a beautiful mosaic with the word “Imagine”(seen on the front page of the bulletin). It is only a few hundred yards from the spot where the former Beatles member was shot dead on December 8, 1980. …
Lord’s Prayer 2: Hallowed be Thy Name
SERMON: Hallowed be they Name When you hear the word “hallowed”, what comes to mind? What kind of emotions surface when you hear the word “hallowed”? We don’t use the word “hallowed” frequently in everyday speech, except when we pray the Lord’s Prayer. Many people do not have an idea of what “hallowed” means. It is no wonder that many I read of many…
Lord’s Prayer 1: Our Father who art in Heaven
LORD’S PRAYER 1: THE PRAYER OF CONNECTION People across the USA are losing interest in prayer. Pew Research conducted a survey last year from May 29 to Aug 25 among a nationally representative group of respondents and found that 45% of U.S. adults say they pray daily compared to 58% who…