Introduction “Learning Lament” Has a PR Problem Our sermon series is called Learning Lament, and I will admit to you right off the bat that I realize the title has a PR problem. People either don’t know what Lament is, or they have negative associations with it. When I told the altar servers that the…
“We have been filled, with your good things, O Lord, by tasting of your Body and Blood. Glory in the highest to you who sustain us.” My uncle Joe Sarkisian passed away last year, after a long life. He was the brother of my grandfather and my favorite great uncle. He taught us to play…
“Truly I tell you, this poor widow has put in more than all…” Mk 12:43 This week I was surprised to see two thick Pinellas County voting ballots in our mail. Those of you who live in Pinellas have surely received your ballots also. What are we voting for now? Well, a few precincts will…
“No one finds security by wickedness, but the root of the righteous will never be moved.” -Prov. 12:3 I am reading a book called Boomerang by Michael Lewis, he is the financial journalist who wrote the Big Short and Moneyball. A common theme that comes up in his books are that the security of financial systems are…