******* Questions from Suffering series (#3) Job 14:7-15; 19:23-27; John 12:24 A Sermon preached July 17, 2016 for Brookmeade Congregational Church UCC ******* This weekend, there was tragic news from an amusement park in Pennsylvania. An 8 year old boy drowned in some shallow water there. When I see that news, my heart goes out to his family.…

Beloved Brookmeade Community:  Last Sunday, as I got ready to go to the park for our Nature Sunday worship and picnic, I got some snippet about yet another mass shooting. I confess that my first response was a weary relief that it “might be” “only” 20 people. I assumed that the location — a gay…

A sermon preached at Brookmeade Congregational United Church of Christ Isaiah 55:1-9; Luke 13:1-9 I bring you a tale of two gardeners: my mom and me. One of the great joys of recently living in South Louisiana for three years was gardening with Mom. South Louisiana has a long growing season. That’s a lot of…

For the first time ever, l will not be watching the Super Bowl this Sunday. After a lifetime of being a football fan, I have lost interest in the game. Football no longer is a fun diversion for me. I began questioning my love of football in 2010, the year 21-year-old University of Penn football player…