Rev. Joseph Boyd Even under the best of circumstances it’s difficult to communicate. Even when technology is working, and the signal is strong, it’s difficult to convey meaning. All it takes is an e-mail without the proper thank you or emoji to offend or leave the recipient in doubt of the true feelings of the … Continue reading Sermon – Mar 25, 2018 – “On a Wire”
Rev. Joseph Boyd Bootleggers, speakeasies, Al Capone, Walgreens, dry rural counties, wet cities, the jazz age – all unintended consequences of prohibition. The idea for prohibition began in the church. This was before the days of Alcoholics Anonymous, before there was any sense that alcoholism could be helped by therapeutic or spiritual means. Alcoholism was … Continue reading Sermon – Mar 11, 2018 – “Legislating Morality”
Rev. Joseph Boyd As the end approaches, I think things have a chance to become clearer. I’m talking about both the small and big endings – the end of a day, the end of a season – winter becoming spring, the end of a relationship, the end of a life, the end of an era, … Continue reading Sermon – Mar 4, 2018 – “Save or Savor?”
In the story of Noah’s Ark, there is a unique take on perseverance. Noah is alerted a flood is coming, and is asked to build an ark, and fill it with pairs of animals. Then he is asked to live inside a shelter he’s created for an indefinite period of time, leaving behind the world … Continue reading Feb 25, 2018 – A Flood is Coming
The world is in shambles, our backs are bent, our heads are bowed. The righteous suffer while the sinners celebrate their triumphal parade. All that we do, all who we know, all that we are will one day be dust. And yet, we carry on. Join us this Sunday as we rededicate ourselves to the … Continue reading Feb 18, 2018 – Oh…What’s the Use?
Rev, Joseph Boyd The last couple weeks have brought us flooding. We have witnessed a torrent of rain, flooding streets in various parts of Ohio. Cars were stuck and needed to be evacuated and abandoned, and later towed. Some people felt like they were taking their life in their hands trying to drive on their … Continue reading Sermon – Feb 25, 2018 – “A Flood is Coming”
This statement has stirred great controversy close to home and in the public sphere. It’s a question that political candidates in the last election sweated over when asked by reporters – Do black lives matter? Critics of the Black Lives Matter movement have called it exclusive, racist, anti-police, anti-white. Yet our faith has vocally supported … Continue reading Feb 11, 2018 – Black Lives Matter
Rev.Joseph Boyd Black lives matter. I can’t breathe. These two statements have been connected in my mind since 2014. I was a new seminary student then. A month before I arrived in New York a man named Eric Garner was stopped by police officers on a street corner in Staten Island. He was suspected of … Continue reading Sermon – Feb 11, 2018 – “Black Lives Matter”
Perseverance as a spiritual discipline expects pain and difficulty. Without difficulty, there would be no need to cultivate the ability to literally keep going, keep growing. In a culture that worships immediate gratification and the pursuit of happiness, what role does pain play in our journey? Come Sunday, to engage possibilities for growth.
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