Genesis 32:22-32August 18, 2019 Union University Church Reverend Laurie DeMott My sister’s two year old granddaughter, Marqui, is the spitting image of my sister when she was that age, right down to the bright blue eyes and Shirley Temple blond curls. Wendy looks at her granddaughter and says, “My DNA has landed.” There is no … More Do You Have Any Idea Who I Am?
Genesis 25:19-26July 14, 2019Union University Church Reverend Laurie DeMott For the past couple of weeks, I have been recording bible stories and posting them to a podcast called “Summer Bible Stories for the children of the Union University Church.” Although I am supposedly recording them for the kids, I know some adults are listening as well … More Biblical Family Values
excerpts from Genesis 24July 7, 2019Union University Church Reverend Laurie DeMott Abraham and Sarah’s precious son Isaac, named for laughter because of the joy he brought into his parents’ life when he was born, has now hit puberty and his father has stopped laughing. To Abraham’s dismay, Isaac is showing all the signs of awakening … More Greasing the Divine Wheels
Genesis 2:4 ffJune 30, 2019Union University ChurchReverend Laurie DeMott How would you define Paradise? And I don’t mean a dictionary definition; I mean, if you were suddenly handed a ticket that said, “Destination Paradise,” what would you expect to see when you arrived? In a book of children’s letters to God, (1) a little … More The Garden of Eden
Acts 11:19-26June 23, 2019Union University ChurchReverend Laurie DeMott This past year in book group, we read a book called “75 Masterpieces Every Christian Should Know,” and each week as we went through three or four chapters, Sally Hopkins would try to find a unifying theme between the works covered in those chapters. Sometimes it was … More Ask the Pastor
Revelation 7:13-17, 21:1-4June 2, 2019Union University ChurchReverend Laurie DeMott On April 23rd, in Orem, Utah, 51 year old Laurel Terry died suddenly and unexpectedly leaving behind her husband Will and three sons. 1 Will was, as you can imagine, devastated and as news of his wife’s death was posted on the internet, there was an … More Our Sorrows Will Cease
Revelation 5:1-10May 26, 2019Union University ChurchReverend Laurie DeMott The scripture reading is Revelation 5:1-10 and as I mentioned earlier in this sermon series, the book of Revelation is best thought of as a theatrical presentation, so today rather than reading the verses to you, I will do a re-telling of them and invite you to … More The Lamb that Was Slain
Revelation 2:1-7May 19, 2019Union University ChurchReverend Laurie DeMott Last week, I preached about the ways in which our institutions and corporate lives develop certain characters that endure even when individuals within those institutions come and go. Those corporate cultures are persistent over time and resistant to change, and consequently when that institutional culture includes injustice … More Redeeming the Angels
Revelation 1:9-2:7May 12, 2019Union University ChurchReverend Laurie DeMott This past week, I was listening to a discussion on the radio in which one of the broadcasters was relating a story about his attic and he said, “My attic has those drop down stairs, you know the ones that you can pull down that turn into … More Zugtreppe
The Revelation to John 1:1-8 Union University Church May 5, 2019 Reverend Laurie DeMott Our book group is reading a book called “75 Masterpieces Every Christian Should Know”. 1 We’ve been working on it for a long time because every chapter elicits so much discussion that it is hard for us to cover more than … More The Apocalypse – Now in Theaters
