Sermon by Reverend Dr. John W. Mann | March 20, 2022 Luke 13:10-17 When I first started out in ministry, I was surprised at some of the rules that people applied to their practice of Christianity. For example, there was a couple in the church who had a baby. They asked me if I would…

Sermon by Reverend Dr. John W. Mann | March 13, 2022 Luke 13:1-9 My dad lived in a world of justice; justice given, and justice received. It was a world in which wrongs could be put to right. He loved nothing more than a just cause. If my friends and I were ever in a…

Sermon by Reverend Dr. John W. Mann | March 6, 2022 Luke 4:1-13 Why do people do the things they do? Maybe because we aren’t robots; our behavior isn’t programmed; we have such a wide variety of choices. We hear that Jesus was tested as we are. On one level we accept that because it…

Sermon by Reverend Dr. John W. Mann | February 27, 2022 Luke 9:28-36 Today’s story is about a journey; we might even say it’s about the journey of life. We might find something of our own journey in the story. On a cold Saturday in January of 1980 I drove my VW Beetle 120 north…

Sermon by Reverend Dr. John W. Mann | February 20, 2022 Luke 6:27-38 What is the meaning of life? Well, there’s a big question. The answer likely depends upon who you ask. I Googled the meaning of life. There are approximately 4,250,000,000 possibilities from which to choose. I don’t have time for that kind of…

Sermon by Reverend Dr. John W. Mann | February 13, 2022 Luke 6:17-26 There’s an old saying and maybe we’ve said ourselves at one time – “We were poor, but we didn’t know it.” I’ve always wondered about that. There have been times in my life when I was broke, but I can’t say that…

Sermon by Reverend Dr. John W. Mann | February 6, 2022 Luke 5:1-11 One time I was at continuing education class and listening to a lecture by a renowned professor of something. He was talking about church leadership. He said that we pastors needed to go back to our churches and recruit people for the…

Sermon by Reverend Dr. John W. Mann | January 23, 2022 Luke 4:14-21 There are times when the less that is said the better. Toward the start of his public work Jesus read scripture one day during a worship service. The reading was from the book of Isaiah. He read – “The Spirit of the…

Sermon by Reverend Dr. John W. Mann | January 16, 2022 John 2:1-12 The story is told of Jesus changing water into wine. It was a miracle; something that could not be explained; or explained away. Miracles are not confined to olden days. God continues to work miracles – working through everyday people to create…

Sermon by Reverend Dr. John W. Mann | January 9, 2022 Isaiah 43:1-7 and Luke 3:15-22 The prophet Isaiah said to the people held in captivity, speaking on behalf of God: Do not fear. You belong to me. I am with you. When you go through the waters or the fires, I will be by…