Category: Sermons

2 Samuel 7:1-18:            I enjoy camping in a tent, but not on a long term basis.  As a child I remember long family camping trips as we traveled around the country to various national parks and KOA campgrounds, sometimes even 5 weeks in a summer!  Now I would enjoy a long weekend or maybe a week, tops.  A sleeping bag on the ground is only good for so long, and returning to a comfortable bed in a house with solid walls is always welcome after any camping trip.

Every time I pass the tents along the overpass by MLK Blvd, I wonder what it must be like to live in a place that is not established, Continue reading “House Building October 30, 2106” →

1 Samuel 2:1-10       Steph moved here almost 30 years ago from western Pennsylvania.  Her family has always remained in the farming area outside of Pittsburgh.  She came to marry a Baltimore boy.  After only 7 and half years of marriage, her husband died.  She has stayed here and eked out a living at various jobs, working the last 14 years at a bar in Parkville.  When the house her apartment was in was sold about 10 years ago, she moved into an apartment above the bar where she works.  Now she finds herself with no job, with eviction papers and a BGE shutoff notice, unable to drive her vehicle without insurance.  Steph is throwing in the towel and going home.  She really has no other recourse.  When we met her she was not crying, but she could have been.  Continue reading “Why are you crying? October 23, 2016” →