Mark 12:28-34March 15, 2020Union University ChurchReverend Laurie DeMott So this is the third sermon I have worked on this week. When I did my bulletin on Thursday — just three days ago — I was working on a sermon about Jesus’ statement to give to Caesar what is Caesar’s because I am preaching through Mark … More Christianity and Covid-19
Mark 10:17-27March 8, 2020 Union University ChurchReverend Laurie DeMott To prepare for today’s sermon, I dug deep into the Bible. Starting with Jesus’ command to the rich man here in the gospel of Mark to “… sell all that you have, and give the money to the poor,” I did a word search and read all … More Greenbacks, Dough, Capital, Wealth, Moolah… What Jesus Says about Money
Mark 9:14-29March 1, 2020 Union University ChurchReverend Laurie DeMott In the popular comic strip, “Calvin and Hobbes,” six year old Calvin often worries that there might be monsters living under his bed so in one strip, Calvin and his pet tiger Hobbes decide that the best defense is offense. That night before turning off the lights … More Imposter Syndrome
Mark 9:2-8February 23, 2020Union University ChurchReverend Laurie DeMott If you remember from last week, Jesus had sent the disciples out into the world to preach and heal, and when they came back from their mission, they were tired and in need of rest, but instead Jesus continued his preaching and even demanded that they use … More Awe
Mark 6:34-44February 16, 2020 Union University ChurchReverend Laurie DeMott It is late. The disciples are tired. More than tired – they are bone weary from sitting on the hill listening to Jesus teach the same material they have heard 100 times. Though the sun is sliding down the western sky, the heat remains stifling and they … More Loaves and Fishes
February 9, 2020Mark 5:24-34 Union University ChurchReverend Laurie DeMott Every Sunday, we begin our worship with prayer concerns. We lift the names of those who are sick or struggling so that we can include them in our prayers of intercession, prayers we offer on others’ behalf. It’s what we do; we are Christians and Christians pray … More Intercessory Prayer
Mark 5:1-20Feb 2, 2020 Union University ChurchReverend Laurie DeMott I like to watch murder mysteries, especially ones set in England where quaint English villages apparently contain a disproportionate number of psychopaths. In some episodes, the body count can become quite high and the manner of death thought up by the script writers is often quite … More The Swine Flew
Mark 4:1-20January 26, 2020 Union University ChurchReverend Laurie DeMott In my preaching and in my bible studies, I have often said that the disciples were a bit dimwitted, and have on occasion gone to the extreme of referring to them as dummkopfs, dunderheads, or dolts. (Have you ever noticed that most of the words describing a … More The Puzzle of the Parable
Mark 2:1-12January 19, 2020Union University ChurchReverend Laurie DeMott They knew that he was sick, crippled, feeble — all of those words so often cast upon a person like a heavy net that makes it impossible for them to stand straight even should their legs allow it — but if that wasn’t bad enough, they also … More The Healing of Our Paralysis
Mark 2:1-20January 12, 2020Union University ChurchReverend Laurie DeMott Have you ever posed for a family photo where the person with the camera said, “Smile on the count of three: one… two…” and then snapped the picture before they got to 3? When that happens, most of us shout in protest, “I wasn’t ready! My eyes … More And Immediately
