Every Fear Silenced

Meg Peery McLaughlin A Sermon on Matthew 28:1-10 Covenant Network Regional Conference Village Presbyterian Church, Prairie Village, KS Friday, November 16, 2012 Last week at Village we celebrated the Joyful Feast of the People of God. I stood at the communion table to...
The Gospel of Kindness

The Gospel of Kindness

Address to the 2010 Covenant Conference St. Philip Presbyterian Church, Houston by Robert C. Dykstra Professor of Pastoral Theology, Princeton Theological Seminary November 4, 2010 Matthew 11:2-6 (NRSV) When John heard in prison what the Messiah was doing, he sent...

Crumbs and the Covenant

Barbara K. Lundblad Professor of Preaching, Union Theological Seminary (NY) Isaiah 56: 1 – 8, Matthew 15: 21 – 28 I am deeply honored that you invited a Lutheran to be part of this gathering – a tangible sign of our full communion agreement. While we may be in full...

Something to Talk About

Jessica Tate Associate Pastor Fairfax Presbyterian Church Fairfax, Virginia Deut. 6:20-25 20 When your children ask you in time to come, “What is the meaning of the decrees and the statutes and the ordinances that the LORD our God has commanded you?” 21...

No Other Plan

Joanna M. Adams Pastor, Morningside Presbyterian Church, Atlanta Matthew 28: 16-20 Now the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain to which Jesus had directed them. When they saw him, they worshipped him; but some doubted. And Jesus came and said to them,...

What Will It Take to Win?

Joanna M. Adams Pastor, Morningside Presbyterian Church, Atlanta Opening Sermon to the Southeast Regional Covenant Conference April 1, 2005 Matthew 5: 38-48 I have been a preacher for some time now, but before I was a preacher I was a teacher.  At the ripe old age of...

“WWPD?”

1999 Covenant Conference Closing Worship, November 6, 1999 Sermon WWPD? Micah 6:6 – 8; Matthew 23: 1-12 Deborah A. Block Pastor, Immanuel Presbyterian Church Milwaukee A child comes home from school, filled with the day, eager to show and tell. Elie Weisel...

“Old Grain, New Grace”

1998 Covenant Conference Evening Worship, Friday, November 6, 1998 Sermon “Old Grain, New Grace” [Matthew 13: 33 – 35] by Joanna Adams Pastor, Trinity Presbyterian Church, Atlanta Excerpts from this sermon appear in Covenant Connections #5. What a...