Sermon by Reverend Dr. John W. Mann | August 28, 2022 Genesis 22:1-14 When my daughter Jane became a mother, she told me how she was suddenly aware of just how dangerous a place the world can be. “Welcome to my world,” I told her It was a warm June evening in 1986. My brother…

Sermon by Reverend Dr. John W. Mann | August 21, 2022 Ephesians 5:6-16 In 1968 Marvin Gaye wrote the lyrics to his song, “I Heard It Through The Grapevine.” In it he sang out, “People say believe half of what you see, Son, and none of what you hear. I can’t help bein’ confused –…

Sermon by Reverend Dr. John W. Mann | August 7, 2022 Genesis 16:1-15 When I was five years old a new shopping center was built ten blocks from where we lived. The Lloyd Center – the largest shopping mall in America at that time. One Saturday afternoon Bruce Black happened by. Bruce was five years…

Sermon by Reverend Dr. John W. Mann | July 17, 2022 Psalm 23 During my time in Scotland, I got to know about sheep. They were a common sight. There are more sheep in Scotland than there are people. We often encountered them on our travels. Sometimes in the road. One thing I learned about…

Sermon by Reverend Dr. John W. Mann | July 10, 2022 Genesis 1:1-5; Jeremiah 31:31-34; Revelation 21:1-5 One day I was walking through the crowded Glasgow city center, and along the way there was a fellow trying to save souls. His message was, “Repent! You’re going to Hell!” I kept on walking. Further along there…

Sermon by Reverend Dr. John W. Mann | July 3, 2022 Matthew 6: 5-15 The story is told about a newcomer to heaven. St. Peter met her at the gate and said, “What church did you belong to?” The new arrival in heaven replied, “Well your saintliness, I never got around to joining a church.”…

Sermon by Reverend Dr. John W. Mann | June 26, 2022 Based on Psalm 139 Most of us in the journey we call “growing up” come to a place in the road where we think to ourselves or even say to our loved ones, usually a parent, “You don’t know me! You don’t know anything…

Sermon by Reverend Dr. John W. Mann | June 19, 2022 John 3:1-17 When we speak of spiritual things, we are talking about mysteries. Not the Agatha Christie kind of mystery in which an inspector Poirot deduces the solution based on a series of clues. But the kind of mystery for which there is no…

Sermon by Reverend Dr. John W. Mann | June 12, 2022 Judges 4 & 5 Today’s story is from the Old Testament book of Judges. It’s an ancient story with elements not so different from our own time. If we look back to the world of approximately 3500 years ago, we would see a world…

Sermon by Reverend Dr. John W. Mann | June 5, 2022 John 7: 37-39 When you enter into a place you can sense the spirit by the mood of the people. Is it warm or cold? Is it oppressed or free? Is there joy or sorrow? At a sporting event where tens of thousands gather…