by Mathew Swora | Feb 24, 2015
Genesis 9: 8 Then God said to Noah and to his sons with him: 9 “I now establish my covenant with you and with your descendants after you 10 and with every living creature that was with you—the birds, the livestock and all the wild animals, all those that came out of...
by Mathew Swora | Feb 20, 2015
Mark 9: 1 And he said to them, “Truly, I say to you, there are some standing here who will not taste death before they see that the kingdom of God has come with power.”2 And after six days Jesus took with him Peter and James and John, and led them up a high mountain...
by Mathew Swora | Feb 10, 2015
(A message delivered on Sunday, February 8, 2015) You’re here today for an historic event. Never before have I preached from the Song of Solomon. I wonder if anyone else has from this pulpit. I hope so, but that would be unique throughout our churches. I also wonder...
by Mathew Swora | Feb 3, 2015
Ruth 1: 16: Ruth replied, “Don’t urge me to leave you or to turn back from you. Where you go I will go, and where you stay I will stay. Your people will be my people and your God my God. 17 Where you die I will die, and there I will be buried. May the Lord deal with...
by Mathew Swora | Jan 30, 2015
One of my objectives this year (and that of our Worship Commission) is to explore three new sources of worship music, by which I mean “new” to us, personally. Gregorian chant could fit the bill, if we haven’t been exposed to it before. By circumstance, or more likely,...
by Mathew Swora | Jan 21, 2015
I have an email subscription to a daily delivery of quotations from the writings and sermons of Henry Nouwen, a priest, theologian, author and speaker. You can sign up for them too. They come pastor-recommended. Yesterday’s quote still has me in its grip and...
