Monthly Archives: August 2018

Meditation on Matthew 5:1-12a In Memory of Henry Grady Winston, Jr. Aug. 25, 2018 When Jesus saw the crowds, he went up the mountain; and after he sat down, his disciples came to him. 2 Then he began to speak, and taught them, saying: 3 “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 4 BlessedContinue reading “Blessed are Those Who Mourn”

Meditation on 1 Kings 2:10-12; 3:3-14 Merritt Island Presbyterian Church Aug. 19, 2018 To see the video of this sermon, click here. 10 Then David slept with his ancestors, and was buried in the city of David. 11 The time that David reigned over Israel was forty years; he reigned seven years in Hebron, and thirty-three years inContinue reading “Give me wisdom!”

  Meditation on Ephesians 4:25-5:2 Aug. 12, 2018 Merritt Island Presbyterian Church To see the video of this sermon, click here.           25 So then putting away falsehood, let all of us speak the truth to our neighbors, for we are members of one another. 26 Be angry but do not sin; do not let the sun goContinue reading “Imitators of God”

Meditation on Exodus 16: 2-4, 9-15 Merritt Island Presbyterian Church Aug. 5, 2018       2 The whole congregation of the Israelites complained against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness. 3 The Israelites said to them, “If only we had died by the hand of the Lord in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the fleshpots and ate ourContinue reading “Bread from Heaven”

  Meditation on John 6:1-21 Merritt Island Presbyterian Church July 29, 2018          After this Jesus went to the other side of the Sea of Galilee, also called the Sea of Tiberias. 2 A large crowd kept following him, because they saw the signs that he was doing for the sick. 3 Jesus went up the mountain and satContinue reading “Hope and Faith of a Child”

  Meditation on Ephesians 1:3-14 Merritt Island Presbyterian Church July 15, 2018   I was preparing to leave my office on Thursday to visit my parents after my Dad had a fall, when a man walked into the reception area. No one else recognized him, but I knew it was Phil, and it wasn’t justContinue reading “Chosen for Love”

   Meditation on Mark 6:1-13 July 8, 2018 Merritt Island Presbyterian Church         He left that place and came to his hometown, and his disciples followed him.  2 On the sabbath he began to teach in the synagogue, and many who heard him were astounded. They said,  “Where did this man get all this?  WhatContinue reading “The Journey”

Meditation on Mark 4:26-34 June 17, 2018 Merritt Island Presbyterian Church            26 He also said, “The kingdom of God is as if someone would scatter seed on the ground, 27   and would sleep and rise night and day, and the seed would sprout and grow,  he does not know how. 28 The earth produces of itself, firstContinue reading “Sow and Grow”