Herein you will find words of wit and wisdom from our soon-to-be-retired Pastor Bert. To access the text of the sermon simply click on the sermon title (lavender, underlined).
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January 29, 2017 -
January 22, 2017 - Fishing for Fishers
January 15, 2017 - Does God Have a Plan for You?
January 8, 2017 - What Does It Mean to Be Holy?
January 1, 2017 - Mary Pondered
December 24, 2016 - When Grace Appears
December 18, 2016 - Hope is a Thing With Muscles
December 11, 2016 - The Secret of a Happy Life
December 4, 2016 - O You Better Watch Out!
November 27, 2016 - If Only
November 20, 2016 - The Tale of the Crucified Crook
November 13, 2016 - Did Anyone Ever Write Paul a Letter?
November 6, 2016 - Can You Be a Part-time Christian?
October 30, 2016 - Shackled by a Heavy Burden
October 23, 2016 - Don't Be a Bystander
October 16, 2016 - Scarcity vs. Abundance
October 9, 2016 - Mended
October 2, 2016 - In the Eye of the Storm
August 28, 2016 - Where the Angels Are
August 14, 2016 - Never Give Up
August 7, 2016 - Our "Spiritual" GPS
July 31, 2016 - Set Your Heart on Things Above
July 24, 2016 - How Prayer Shaped My Life
July 10, 2016 - Who is My Neighbor?
July 3, 2016 - On the Campaign Trail
June 26, 2016 - Which Wolf Will You Feed?
June 19, 2016 - What Meeting Jesus Can Do For You
May 29, 2016 - The Power of Forgiveness
May 22, 2016 - The Varieties of Religious Experience
May 15, 2016 - What Does Eternity Mean to Christians?
May 8, 2016 - What Does Salvation Mean?
May 1, 2016 - Broken Body, Shed Blood
April 24, 2016 - Alpha and Omega
April 17, 2016 - How Do We Share Our Faith?
April 10, 2016 - Healing Soul Wounds
April 3, 2016 - Have We Locked the Doors of Our Hearts?
March 27, 2016 - The Triumphant Patient
March 20, 2016 - Jesus, Our Wounded Physician
March 13, 2016 - Who Listens to God?
March 6, 2016 - Jesus Has Some Unusual Friends
February 28, 2016 - Imagine How Much You Are Loved
February 21, 2016 - Ashes to Ashes and Dust to Dust
February 14, 2016 - What Jesus Can Teach Us About Living
February 7, 2016 - Where Have We Met Jesus?
January 24, 2016 - Today is the Day!
January 17, 2016 - Who Has the Rings?
January 10, 2016 - Mercy, Mercy!
January 3, 2016 - What Inspires You?
December 27, 2015 - What Some Old Guys Learned From a Young Boy
December 20, 2015 - If the Glass is Full You Can't Fill It
December 13, 2015 - How to Get Two People to Agree
December 6, 2015 - Why God Made Music
November 29, 2015 - When More is Less and Less is More
November 22, 2015 - Who Belongs in the Lifeboat?
November 15, 2015 - Denial is Not a River in Egypt
November 8, 2015 - Chaplain Hagen
October 25, 2015 - Pay Attention
October 18, 2015 - The Wounded Healer
October 11, 2015 - All Things Are Possible With God
October 4, 2015 - How to Stay Married for 90 Years
September 27, 2015 - Has Our Salt Lost It’s Savor?
September 20, 2015 - Jesus doesn’t rock the boat. He sinks it!
August 16, 2015 - Real Wonder Bread
August 9, 2015 - You Need To Eat Something! You’ll Feel Better!
August 2, 2015 - Sing if the spirit says sing.
July 26, 2015 - How Will We Ever Feed All These People
July 19, 2015 - Listen to your Gut…Jesus does!
July 12, 2015 - The Weeds In My Garden
July 5, 2015 - Some Reactions to a First Sermon!
June 21, 2015 - Choose Faith Over Fear
May 31, 2015 - Out of the darkness into the light!
May 24, 2015 - We are One in the Spirit
May 17, 2015 - A Prayer For Graduates
April 12, 2015 - Thomas Needs a New Name
THE SERMONS BELOW ARE NO LONGER AVAILABLE BY THE OLD METHOD. A LINK TO THEM CAN BE PROVIDED IF NEEDED.
April 12, 2015 - Thomas Needs a New Name
April 5, 2015 - Easter - Death Brings Life
April 3, 2015 - Good Friday - It Was Love!
March 29, 2015 - Sharing Suffering
March 22, 2015 - What Have I Gotten Myself Into?
March 15, 2015 - It Was Love
March 8, 2015 - From Law to Love
February 15, 2015 - Can You Keep a Secret?
February 8, 2015 - This is Why He Came and Keeps Coming!
February 1, 2015 - No Ordinary Worship Service!
January 25, 2015 - GodHas a Great Sense of Humor!
January 4, 2015 - The Herod Syndrome
December 28, 2014 - Holy Families – Jesus’s and Ours
December 24, 2014 - Christmas Eve – The “Wait Skills”
December 14, 2014 - Can we "overdo" Christmas?
December 7, 2014 - Frozen and Thawed!
November 30, 2014 - Watch and Pray
November 16, 2014 - Children of Light, Live in the Sunshine
November 9, 2014 - Halt! Who is there?
November 2, 2014 - When Death Comes Knocking
October 26, 2014 - The Greatest Commandment
October 19, 2014 - Breaking the Double Bind
October 12, 2014 - Sorry God. Can't come. Don't have anything to wear.
October 5, 2014 - Are you living up to your lease agreement?
September 28, 2014 - Why You Shouldn't Read This Bible Story to Your Kids
September 21, 2014 - Last and Loving It!
September 7, 2014 - Where Two or Three are Gathered
July 6, 2014 - A Shared Burden, A Lighter Load
June 29, 2014 - Just a Cup of Cold Water is Enough!
June 22, 2014 - Transformation
June 8, 2014 - "Peace Be with You" and "Jesus, Take the Wheel!"
June 1, 2014 - I Will Pray for You
May 25, 2014 - Because I Live, You Also Will Live
May 18, 2014 - What Does Your Room Look Like?
May 11, 2014 - A Stranger in a Strange Land
May 4, 2014 - And Their Eyes Were Opened
April 27, 2014 - Difficult Roads Often Lead to Beautiful Destinations
April 20, 2014 - Out of Darkness, Into Light
March 9, 2014 - Lent, a Time for Seeking and Being Found
March 2, 2014 - This is My Son, Whom I Love. Listen to Him!
February 23, 2014 - What's the Condition of Your Temple?
February 16, 2014 - Christmas Gifts That Last
February 2, 2014 - Walking Small
January 26, 2014 - How To Win Friends and InfluencePeople
January 12, 2014 - Cornelius' First Christmas
January 5, 2014 - Jesus Didn't Stay in the Manger
December 29, 2013 - What Else Could Go Wrong?
November 17, 2013 - Don't Be Anxious
November 3, 2013 - Out on a Limb with the Lamb
October 27, 2013 - Lord Jesus, Have Mercy on Me
October 20, 2013 - Pray Like There is No Tomorrow
October 13, 2013 - Passionate Gratitude
October 6, 2013 - Faith is a Verb
September 29, 2013 - Heart Disease
September 22, 2013 - There is a Balm in Gilead
September 15, 2013 - Finding the Lost
September 8, 2013 - God, Grant Me the Serenity
August 11, 2013 - By Faith
August 4, 2013 - Duck Happens
July 28, 2013 - First God Forgives
July 21, 2013 - Hospitality
July 7, 2013 - Little In The World’s Eyes,Big in God's
June 30, 2013 - Don’t Be Wishy-Washy! Be Either Hot Or Cold!
June 23, 2013 - Why Do Bad Things Happen To Good People?
June 16, 2013 - Four Things We All Need to Say
June 9, 2013 - Going Deeper in The Gospel
May 5, 2013 - Quieting Troubled Hearts or Facing the Fiscal Cliff of the Soul!
April 28, 2013 - I Am Doing a New Thing!
April 14, 2013 - The Secret to Becoming a Successful Fisherman
April 7, 2013 = Locked Doors Can't Stop Him
Older sermons linked below, from oldest to newest.
Sermon - July 29, 2012 - Jesus in ME
Sermon - August 5, 2012 - A Meal Like No Other
Sermon - August 12, 2012 - Some find "the Bread of Life" too hard to swallow.
Sermon - August 19, 2012 - Jesus Lives and So Can You
Sermon - September 9, 2012 - Playing Favorites
Sermon - September 23, 2012 - You Are Not Going To Like This Message!
Sermon - September 30, 2012 - Get Out of Your Comfort Zone
Sermon - October 14, 2012 - Let Go and Let God
Sermon - November 4, 2012 - Surprised by Love
Sermon - November 11, 2012 - I've Got Your Back
Sermon - December 9, 2012 - From Black Friday to a White Christmas
Sermon - December 23, 2012 - A Leap of Faith
Sermon - December 24, 2012 - Some Secrets are Hard to Keep
Sermon - December 30, 2012 - Not Far from the Tree
Sermon - January 6, 2013 - Their Story, Our Story
Sermon - January 13, 2013 - Baptism, a First Step
Sermon - January 20, 2013 - Wedding Bells
Sermon - January 27, 2013 - Why Going to Church Makes Me Cry!
Sermon - February 3, 2013 - What Not to Say in Your First Sermon
Sermon - February 10, 2013 - He Lights Up Our Lives
Sermon - February 17, 2013 - God Grant Me the Courage
Sermon - February 24, 2013 - Prayer . . . Getting Personal with God
Sermon - March 3, 2013 - Why Do Bad Things Happen to Good People?
Sermon - March 10, 2013 - Breaking the Rules
Sermon - March 17, 2013 - Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
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January 29, 2017 -
January 22, 2017 - Fishing for Fishers
January 15, 2017 - Does God Have a Plan for You?
January 8, 2017 - What Does It Mean to Be Holy?
January 1, 2017 - Mary Pondered
December 24, 2016 - When Grace Appears
December 18, 2016 - Hope is a Thing With Muscles
December 11, 2016 - The Secret of a Happy Life
December 4, 2016 - O You Better Watch Out!
November 27, 2016 - If Only
November 20, 2016 - The Tale of the Crucified Crook
November 13, 2016 - Did Anyone Ever Write Paul a Letter?
November 6, 2016 - Can You Be a Part-time Christian?
October 30, 2016 - Shackled by a Heavy Burden
October 23, 2016 - Don't Be a Bystander
October 16, 2016 - Scarcity vs. Abundance
October 9, 2016 - Mended
October 2, 2016 - In the Eye of the Storm
August 28, 2016 - Where the Angels Are
August 14, 2016 - Never Give Up
August 7, 2016 - Our "Spiritual" GPS
July 31, 2016 - Set Your Heart on Things Above
July 24, 2016 - How Prayer Shaped My Life
July 10, 2016 - Who is My Neighbor?
July 3, 2016 - On the Campaign Trail
June 26, 2016 - Which Wolf Will You Feed?
June 19, 2016 - What Meeting Jesus Can Do For You
May 29, 2016 - The Power of Forgiveness
May 22, 2016 - The Varieties of Religious Experience
May 15, 2016 - What Does Eternity Mean to Christians?
May 8, 2016 - What Does Salvation Mean?
May 1, 2016 - Broken Body, Shed Blood
April 24, 2016 - Alpha and Omega
April 17, 2016 - How Do We Share Our Faith?
April 10, 2016 - Healing Soul Wounds
April 3, 2016 - Have We Locked the Doors of Our Hearts?
March 27, 2016 - The Triumphant Patient
March 20, 2016 - Jesus, Our Wounded Physician
March 13, 2016 - Who Listens to God?
March 6, 2016 - Jesus Has Some Unusual Friends
February 28, 2016 - Imagine How Much You Are Loved
February 21, 2016 - Ashes to Ashes and Dust to Dust
February 14, 2016 - What Jesus Can Teach Us About Living
February 7, 2016 - Where Have We Met Jesus?
January 24, 2016 - Today is the Day!
January 17, 2016 - Who Has the Rings?
January 10, 2016 - Mercy, Mercy!
January 3, 2016 - What Inspires You?
December 27, 2015 - What Some Old Guys Learned From a Young Boy
December 20, 2015 - If the Glass is Full You Can't Fill It
December 13, 2015 - How to Get Two People to Agree
December 6, 2015 - Why God Made Music
November 29, 2015 - When More is Less and Less is More
November 22, 2015 - Who Belongs in the Lifeboat?
November 15, 2015 - Denial is Not a River in Egypt
November 8, 2015 - Chaplain Hagen
October 25, 2015 - Pay Attention
October 18, 2015 - The Wounded Healer
October 11, 2015 - All Things Are Possible With God
October 4, 2015 - How to Stay Married for 90 Years
September 27, 2015 - Has Our Salt Lost It’s Savor?
September 20, 2015 - Jesus doesn’t rock the boat. He sinks it!
August 16, 2015 - Real Wonder Bread
August 9, 2015 - You Need To Eat Something! You’ll Feel Better!
August 2, 2015 - Sing if the spirit says sing.
July 26, 2015 - How Will We Ever Feed All These People
July 19, 2015 - Listen to your Gut…Jesus does!
July 12, 2015 - The Weeds In My Garden
July 5, 2015 - Some Reactions to a First Sermon!
June 21, 2015 - Choose Faith Over Fear
May 31, 2015 - Out of the darkness into the light!
May 24, 2015 - We are One in the Spirit
May 17, 2015 - A Prayer For Graduates
April 12, 2015 - Thomas Needs a New Name
THE SERMONS BELOW ARE NO LONGER AVAILABLE BY THE OLD METHOD. A LINK TO THEM CAN BE PROVIDED IF NEEDED.
April 12, 2015 - Thomas Needs a New Name
April 5, 2015 - Easter - Death Brings Life
April 3, 2015 - Good Friday - It Was Love!
March 29, 2015 - Sharing Suffering
March 22, 2015 - What Have I Gotten Myself Into?
March 15, 2015 - It Was Love
March 8, 2015 - From Law to Love
February 15, 2015 - Can You Keep a Secret?
February 8, 2015 - This is Why He Came and Keeps Coming!
February 1, 2015 - No Ordinary Worship Service!
January 25, 2015 - GodHas a Great Sense of Humor!
January 4, 2015 - The Herod Syndrome
December 28, 2014 - Holy Families – Jesus’s and Ours
December 24, 2014 - Christmas Eve – The “Wait Skills”
December 14, 2014 - Can we "overdo" Christmas?
December 7, 2014 - Frozen and Thawed!
November 30, 2014 - Watch and Pray
November 16, 2014 - Children of Light, Live in the Sunshine
November 9, 2014 - Halt! Who is there?
November 2, 2014 - When Death Comes Knocking
October 26, 2014 - The Greatest Commandment
October 19, 2014 - Breaking the Double Bind
October 12, 2014 - Sorry God. Can't come. Don't have anything to wear.
October 5, 2014 - Are you living up to your lease agreement?
September 28, 2014 - Why You Shouldn't Read This Bible Story to Your Kids
September 21, 2014 - Last and Loving It!
September 7, 2014 - Where Two or Three are Gathered
July 6, 2014 - A Shared Burden, A Lighter Load
June 29, 2014 - Just a Cup of Cold Water is Enough!
June 22, 2014 - Transformation
June 8, 2014 - "Peace Be with You" and "Jesus, Take the Wheel!"
June 1, 2014 - I Will Pray for You
May 25, 2014 - Because I Live, You Also Will Live
May 18, 2014 - What Does Your Room Look Like?
May 11, 2014 - A Stranger in a Strange Land
May 4, 2014 - And Their Eyes Were Opened
April 27, 2014 - Difficult Roads Often Lead to Beautiful Destinations
April 20, 2014 - Out of Darkness, Into Light
March 9, 2014 - Lent, a Time for Seeking and Being Found
March 2, 2014 - This is My Son, Whom I Love. Listen to Him!
February 23, 2014 - What's the Condition of Your Temple?
February 16, 2014 - Christmas Gifts That Last
February 2, 2014 - Walking Small
January 26, 2014 - How To Win Friends and InfluencePeople
January 12, 2014 - Cornelius' First Christmas
January 5, 2014 - Jesus Didn't Stay in the Manger
December 29, 2013 - What Else Could Go Wrong?
November 17, 2013 - Don't Be Anxious
November 3, 2013 - Out on a Limb with the Lamb
October 27, 2013 - Lord Jesus, Have Mercy on Me
October 20, 2013 - Pray Like There is No Tomorrow
October 13, 2013 - Passionate Gratitude
October 6, 2013 - Faith is a Verb
September 29, 2013 - Heart Disease
September 22, 2013 - There is a Balm in Gilead
September 15, 2013 - Finding the Lost
September 8, 2013 - God, Grant Me the Serenity
August 11, 2013 - By Faith
August 4, 2013 - Duck Happens
July 28, 2013 - First God Forgives
July 21, 2013 - Hospitality
July 7, 2013 - Little In The World’s Eyes,Big in God's
June 30, 2013 - Don’t Be Wishy-Washy! Be Either Hot Or Cold!
June 23, 2013 - Why Do Bad Things Happen To Good People?
June 16, 2013 - Four Things We All Need to Say
June 9, 2013 - Going Deeper in The Gospel
May 5, 2013 - Quieting Troubled Hearts or Facing the Fiscal Cliff of the Soul!
April 28, 2013 - I Am Doing a New Thing!
April 14, 2013 - The Secret to Becoming a Successful Fisherman
April 7, 2013 = Locked Doors Can't Stop Him
Older sermons linked below, from oldest to newest.
Sermon - July 29, 2012 - Jesus in ME
Sermon - August 5, 2012 - A Meal Like No Other
Sermon - August 12, 2012 - Some find "the Bread of Life" too hard to swallow.
Sermon - August 19, 2012 - Jesus Lives and So Can You
Sermon - September 9, 2012 - Playing Favorites
Sermon - September 23, 2012 - You Are Not Going To Like This Message!
Sermon - September 30, 2012 - Get Out of Your Comfort Zone
Sermon - October 14, 2012 - Let Go and Let God
Sermon - November 4, 2012 - Surprised by Love
Sermon - November 11, 2012 - I've Got Your Back
Sermon - December 9, 2012 - From Black Friday to a White Christmas
Sermon - December 23, 2012 - A Leap of Faith
Sermon - December 24, 2012 - Some Secrets are Hard to Keep
Sermon - December 30, 2012 - Not Far from the Tree
Sermon - January 6, 2013 - Their Story, Our Story
Sermon - January 13, 2013 - Baptism, a First Step
Sermon - January 20, 2013 - Wedding Bells
Sermon - January 27, 2013 - Why Going to Church Makes Me Cry!
Sermon - February 3, 2013 - What Not to Say in Your First Sermon
Sermon - February 10, 2013 - He Lights Up Our Lives
Sermon - February 17, 2013 - God Grant Me the Courage
Sermon - February 24, 2013 - Prayer . . . Getting Personal with God
Sermon - March 3, 2013 - Why Do Bad Things Happen to Good People?
Sermon - March 10, 2013 - Breaking the Rules
Sermon - March 17, 2013 - Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
