Rev. Matthew Miller FROM THE GOSPELS Matthew 24:36-44 click here to watch the sermon "Wakey ,wakey" Every year in late September or early October, the Katmai National Park and Preserve in Alaska sponsors what it calls Fat Bear Week. It’s a tournament that allows folks to vote online for their favorite fat bear. Some of the largest brown bears in the world (otherwise known as Gizzlies), make their home near the Brooks River in the park. And each fall they camp out along the ba

Rev. Essie Koenig-Reinke Luke 1:68-79 Click here to watch the sermon "Guide Our Feet" When I was living and working in Northern Ireland, one of my jobs was at a Christian youth center. And during the day while the younger ones were still in school. We spent our time trying to win over the young adults. Many of whom had become disillusioned. Rather than trying to build peace, they joined in the streets rioting and causing chaos. They would come in and show us video clips of th

Rev. Matthew Miller FROM THE LETTERS 2 Thessalonians 3:6-13 Click here to watch the sermon " Idle" Stanley Hauerwas, the Duke Divinity School emeritus professor of divinity and law, wrote a book over 30 years ago titled "Unleashing Scripture.” In it he made what became a controversial statement, saying that there is no task more important for the church than to take the bible out of the hands of individual Christians in North America. Hauerwas identified a problem that a fri