Romans 12:14-21 May 27, 2018 Union University Church Reverend Laurie DeMott One Sunday, a pastor was preaching on Jesus’ command to love our enemies and he began by saying to his congregation, “I’ll bet that all of us struggle with this command and you may think you are alone but you are not.  Raise your … More What is Noble in the Sight of All

I Corinthians 9:19-23 May 20, 2018 Union University Church Reverend Laurie DeMott The story of Pentecost that we heard read this morning in a babble of different languages is found in the book of Acts, written by Luke as a sequel to his gospel. The full title of the Book of Acts in our Bible … More Breath of God

Philippians 1: 1-11     May 13, 2018      Union University Church  Reverend Laurie DeMott   Paul began every letter with a reminder of grace and he spoke about grace a lot in the body of those letters. “For all of you share in God’s grace with me,” he tells the Philippians, “whether in prison and as we … More Grace

I Corinthians 6:9-20;   The Message translation (attached at end) May 6, 2018 Union University Church  Reverend Laurie DeMott One of my first years in ministry, I was asked to give the sermon at the high school Baccalaureate.  Back in those days, all of the churches still gathered every June to honor the graduating seniors in a … More An Embodied Faith