Sermons from October 2024

This Sunday in worship we get a little bonus story. The way the calendar works this year, there are more Sundays than usual so we get a story not normally in the Lectionary. It’s kind of a part two to last week. Last week we looked at David and the temple he wanted to build for God, which God did not want. But we also know that eventually a temple is built. How does this happen? And why? And who…

This Sunday we move on from 1 Samuel and into 2 Samuel: It’s interesting that these books are named for Samuel, when actually they’re mostly about David. And this week we will finally be introduced to David. Yes, that David, King David, of David and Goliath fame. But that’s not the story we’ll be looking at this week. Watch the sermon above to find out where we’ll land and what David’s life and work has to say for us here…

This week we take a massive leap in the narrative and dial into a woman named Hannah. She offers one of the most authentic prayers in all of the scriptures, and then recites what is often described as a “song” which will echo into the early chapters of the Gospel of Luke. Hannah is fierce, strong, and determined, and she gives to us a glimpse into why we may often find ourselves frustrated with the state of the world. -Pastor Paul…

SCRIPTURE: Exodus 32:1-14 (NRSVUE) 32 When the people saw that Moses delayed to come down from the mountain, the people gathered around Aaron and said to him, “Come, make gods for us, who shall go before us; as for this Moses, the man who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has become of him.” 2 Aaron said to them, “Take off the gold rings that are on the ears of your wives,…