Summer Sermon Series – What Does It Mean to Be Wise? Week 7 (Final) – Ecclesiastes: Nevertheless, Joy Ecclesiastes 2:18-3:8 Preached by Rev. Lori Wunder at First Presbyterian Church, Mount Vernon, Iowa on August 27, 2017 So, I’m reading a novel right now. Actually, I’m re-reading it. I finished it on vacation and decided it
Summer Sermon Series – What Does It Mean to Be Wise? Week 6: Is Everything Pointless?!?? Ecclesiastes 1:1-18 (Common English Bible) There is nothing new under the sun, says “the Teacher” of Ecclesiastes. What a fitting verse since I have been feeling a strange sense of deja vu this week. We have had a verbal
Summer Sermon Series – What Does It Mean to Be Wise? Week 4 : The Wisdom of Desire Proverbs 8:1-21, Matthew 6:19-21 Wisdom, according to the Book of Proverbs, is a woman. Perhaps more accurately put, Wisdom is a feminine noun, and is personified as a woman in the writings of the Hebrew Scriptures. When
Scripture Text – John 20:1-18 So it is Easter morning and so that means we are going to talk about really important things. And I will begin with a question, so get ready: Ham? Or egg casserole? Or lamb? Brunch or dinner? Chocolate bunnies? or Cadbury eggs? or Peeps? My question, of course, is a
What Disciples DO Sermon Series – Week 4 Genesis 32:22-31 Yesterday we celebrated the life of Paula. She died last Sunday at the age of 66. She was too young. Cancer. Stupid, senseless, cruel cancer. Paula attended regularly here for the last 6-7 years. She found peace here after years away from the church. She
