1998–2002 Sermon Archive

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2002

January 6, 2002
Beyond Bethlehem

John M. Buchanan, Pastor

January 13, 2002
The Light
John M. Buchanan, Pastor
January 20, 2002
Is There a Church Around Here?
John M. Buchanan, Pastor
January 27, 2002 Called and Collected for Glory
Sarah Jo Sarchet, Associate Pastor
February 3, 2002
Blessed
John M. Buchanan, Pastor
February 13, 2002
Ash Wednesday
What It's All About
Dana Ferguson, Associate Pastor
February 17, 2002
Wilderness
John M. Buchanan, Pastor
February 24, 2002
What Wondrous Love Is This?

John M. Buchanan, Pastor

March 3, 2002
Included
John M. Buchanan, Pastor
March 10, 2002
See
Carol J. Allen, Associate Pastor
March 17, 2002
No Story So Divine
John M. Buchanan, Pastor
March 24, 2002
A Beautiful Mind
John M. Buchanan, Pastor
March 31, 2002
Easter Sunday
How Are We to Believe This?
John M. Buchanan, Pastor
April 7, 2002
Locked Doors
Joanna M. Adams, Pastor

April 14, 2002

Even at the Unlikeliest of Moments
John M. Buchanan, Pastor
May 5, 2002 Is Our Way the Only Way?
John M. Buchanan, Pastor
May 12, 2002 Water and Salt
Joanna M. Adams, Pastor
May 26, 2002 Every Blessed Thing
Calum I. MacLeod,
Associate Pastor
June 2, 2002 "For the Storms Which Give Toughness to Our Spirits"
John M. Buchanan, Pastor
June 9, 2002 How Far Are We Supposed to Follow
John M. Buchanan, Pastor
June 16, 2002 Parenting Hope
Dana Ferguson, Associate Pastor
June 23, 2002 On Cutting the Fig Tree
Joanna M. Adams, Pastor
June 30, 2002 The Predicament of Freedom
Joanna M. Adams, Pastor
July 7, 2002 The Power of a Dream
John M. Buchanan, Pastor
July 21, 2002 Awesome
John M. Buchanan, Pastor
July 27, 2002 A Matter of Time
Joanna M. Adams, Pastor
August 4, 2002 Struggling Toward a Blessing
John A. Cairns, Dean, Academy for Faith and Life

August 18, 2002

Crumbs
Cynthia Campbell, President, McCormick Seminary
August 25, 2002 The Potter's House
Joanna M. Adams, Pastor
 September 8, 2002 The Rising
John M. Buchanan, Pastor
 September 15, 2002  On Not Keeping Score
Joanna M. Adams, Pastor
 September 22, 2002  The Complaint Department
Joanna M. Adams, Pastor
September 29, 2002 By What Authority, or, Who's in Charge Here?
John M. Buchanan, Pastor
 October 6, 2002 The Gathering
John M. Buchanan, Pastor
October 13, 2002 More
Joanna M. Adams, Pastor
October 20, 2002  The Needle's Eye
Joanna M. Adams, Pastor
October 27, 2002  To Make a Life and Not Just a Living
John M. Buchanan, Pastor
 November 3, 2002 What Will Become of Me When I Die?
Joanna M. Adams, Pastor
November 10, 2002 What Happens When the Spirit Says No?
Joanna M. Adams, Pastor
November 17, 2002  High-Risk Venture
John M. Buchanan, Pastor
November 24, 2002 Doxology
John M. Buchanan, Pastor
November 28, 2002
Thanksgiving Day
The Main Thing
Joanna M. Adams, Pastor
December 1, 2002 Hope for the World
Joanna M. Adams, Pastor
December 8, 2002 Just Like the One I Used to Know
John M. Buchanan, Pastor
December 15, 2002  Born to Set Thy People Free
John M. Buchanan, Pastor
December 22, 2002 Fear Not
Joanna M. Adams, Pastor
December 24, 2002
Christmas Eve
Christmas Eve
John M. Buchanan, Pastor
December 29, 2002  Setting Out
Joanna M. Adams, Pastor


2001

January 7, 2001
Drawn In

Sarah Jo Sarchet, Associate Pastor

January 14, 2001
Love Has Good Manners
John M. Buchanan, Pastor
January 21, 2001
Reading and Rewriting
Calum I. MacLeod,
Associate Pastor
January 28, 2001 A Place for Everyone
John M. Buchanan, Pastor
February 4, 2001
You Are the Body
John M. Buchanan, Pastor
February 11, 2001
Love's Embodiment
John M. Buchanan, Pastor
February 18, 2001
Patterns and Rhythms
John Wilkinson, Associate Pastor
February 25, 2001
Experience-Listen-Follow

John M. Buchanan, Pastor

March 4, 2001
Your Mortality Is Showing
John M. Buchanan, Pastor
March 11, 2001
A Butterfly in the Ghetto
John M. Buchanan, Pastor
March 18, 2001
The Invitation
John M. Buchanan, Pastor
April 1, 2001
What Do You Have to Do to Get to Heaven?
John M. Buchanan, Pastor
April 8, 2001
A Strange New Power
John M. Buchanan, Pastor

April 15, 2001
Easter Sunday

Surprised by God
John M. Buchanan, Pastor
April 29, 2001 Born Again, and Again, and Again
Dana Ferguson, Associate Pastor
May 6, 2001 Called
John M. Buchanan, Pastor
May 13, 2001 The Many Faces of God
John M. Buchanan, Pastor
May 20, 2001 A Covenant of Faithfulness
John A. Cairns, Interim Executive Associate
May 27, 2001 Memory and the Peace of God
John M. Buchanan, Pastor
June 3, 2001 Listen
John M. Buchanan, Pastor
June 10, 2001 Holey, Wholly, Holy
Calum I. MacLeod,
Associate Pastor
June 17, 2001 The Great Reversal
John M. Buchanan, Pastor
June 24, 2001 There Goes the Neighborhood
John M. Buchanan, Pastor
July 1, 2001 Free. . . to Be a Slave
John M. Buchanan, Pastor
July 8, 2001 When Familiar is Not Enough
John A. Cairns, Interim Executive Associate
July 15, 2001 Doing What Needs to Be Done
John M. Buchanan, Pastor
July 22, 2001 What's Next?
Cynthia Campbell, President, McCormick Seminary
July 29, 2001 Why Pray. . . This Way?
Fred Holper, Professor,
McCormick Seminary
August 5, 2001 Learning to Blush
Donna Gray, Interim Associate Pastor

August 12, 2001

The Meaning and Mystery of Faith
John H. Boyle, Parish Associate
August 19, 2001 Be Rich Toward God
Carol J. Allen, Associate Pastor
 September 2, 2001 Strangers
John M. Buchanan, Pastor
 September 9, 2001 Faith and Science: Is God the Ruler Yet?
John M. Buchanan, Pastor
 September 14, 2001
Prayer and Remembrance
Reflection
John M. Buchanan, Pastor
 September 16, 2001  On Singing the Lord's Song in a Foreign Land
John M. Buchanan, Pastor
September 23, 2001 A Defiant Hope
John M. Buchanan, Pastor
September 30, 2001 God's Love and the Twelve Apple Brown Bettys
John M. Buchanan, Pastor
 October 7, 2001 Connected
John A. Cairns, Interim Executive Associate
October 14, 2001 Your Center of Value
John M. Buchanan, Pastor
October 21, 2001 A Time to Act
Dana Ferguson, Associate Pastor
October 28, 2001 Ordinary People
John M. Buchanan, Pastor
 November 4, 2001 The Toughest Commandment
John M. Buchanan, Pastor
November 11, 2001 Take It to the Lord in Prayer
John M. Buchanan, Pastor
November 18, 2001 We Gather Together
John M. Buchanan, Pastor
November 25, 2001 The King of Love
Calum I. MacLeod,
Associate Pastor
December 2, 2001 Hope for the Long Haul
John M. Buchanan, Pastor
December 9, 2001 The Peace of God
John M. Buchanan, Pastor
December 16, 2001  Fear Not
John M. Buchanan, Pastor
December 23, 2001 Family Connections
John M. Buchanan, Pastor
December 24, 2001
Christmas Eve
Christmas Eve
John M. Buchanan, Pastor
December 25, 2001
Christmas Day
When Human and Holy Meet
Carol J. Allen, Associate Pastor
December 30, 2001  Some Things Worth Remembering
John A. Cairns, Interim Executive Associate

 

2000

January 2, 2000 Let the Candles Be Brought
John M. Buchanan, Pastor
January 9, 2000
A Gift for the Child

John Wilkinson, Associate Pastor

January 16, 2000
Inescapable God
John M. Buchanan, Pastor
January 23, 2000
Diminished Expectations
John A. Cairns, Interim Executive Associate
February 6, 2000
Like a Child at Home
John Wilkinson, Associate Pastor
February 13, 2000
Searching
John M. Buchanan, Pastor
February 20, 2000
Wounded Healer
John M. Buchanan, Pastor
February 27, 2000
Friends

John M. Buchanan, Pastor

March 5, 2000
A Whole New Religion
John M. Buchanan, Pastor
March 12, 2000
Peace
John M. Buchanan, Pastor
March 19, 2000
Restored
John M. Buchanan, Pastor
March 26, 2000 Abundance
John M. Buchanan, Pastor
April 2, 2000
The Gift of Grace
John Wilkinson, Associate Pastor
April 9, 2000
Rejection
John M. Buchanan, Pastor

April 16, 2000

The Cross
John M. Buchanan, Pastor
April 23, 2000 Life Ahead!
John M. Buchanan, Pastor
May 14, 2000 The Spirit of the Shepherd
John Wilkinson, Associate Pastor
May 21, 2000 When We Talk About God
John M. Buchanan, Pastor
May 28, 2000 No Greater Love
John M. Buchanan, Pastor
June 4, 2000 The Importance of Our Unity
John M. Buchanan, Pastor
June 11, 2000 Enemy of Apathy
Calum I. MacLeod,
Associate Pastor
June 18, 2000 The Search for the Sacred
John M. Buchanan, Pastor
June 25, 2000 What Difference Would It Make?
William A. C. Golderer, Associate Pastor
July 2, 2000 Knowing Whom to Obey
John M. Buchanan, Pastor
July 9, 2000 The Hallowing of Time
John M. Buchanan, Pastor
July 23, 2000 God's Saving Face
Carol J. Allen, Associate Pastor
July 30, 2000 The Quest for Intimacy
Sarah Jo Sarchet, Associate Pastor
August 6, 2000 In the Land of Plenty
Dana Ferguson, Associate Pastor

August 13, 2000

Agenda for Living
John H. Boyle, Parish Associate
August 27, 2000 Choices
John M. Buchanan, Pastor
 September 3, 2000 Labor of Love
John M. Buchanan, Pastor
 September 10, 2000 Holy the Rock
John Wilkinson, Associate Pastor
 September 17, 2000 Holy the Name
John Wilkinson, Associate Pastor
September 24, 2000 Thirsting for God
John M. Buchanan, Pastor
October 1, 2000 The World That May Believe
John M. Buchanan, Pastor
 October 8, 2000 Children of the Pioneer
John Wilkinson, Associate Pastor
October 15, 2000 The Life That Really Is Life
John M. Buchanan, Pastor
 November 5, 2000 The Art of the Possible
Calum I. MacLeod,
Associate Pastor
November 12, 2000 Where Did Alex's Hope Go?
Dana Ferguson, Associate Pastor
December 3, 2000 Steadfast
John M. Buchanan, Pastor
December 10, 2000 Reversal of Fortune
John M. Buchanan, Pastor
December 17, 2000 Glory
John M. Buchanan, Pastor
December 24, 2000
Christmas Eve
Hospitality
John M. Buchanan, Pastor
December 25, 2000
Christmas Day
Eclipsed by God
Carol J. Allen, Associate Pastor
December 31, 2000  The Endless Journey Starts
John M. Buchanan, Pastor


1999

January 3, 1999 Millennial Mania, Y2K, and St. Paul
John M. Buchanan, Pastor
January 10, 1999
Set Up by the Spirit

Sarah Jo Sarchet, Associate Pastor

January 17, 1999
A Wise Heart Knows What Time It Is
John M. Buchanan, Pastor
January 24, 1999
Blessed Are the Doubters
John M. Buchanan, Pastor
January 31, 1999 Just Do It
John M. Buchanan, Pastor
February 7, 1999
More Than Morality
John M. Buchanan, Pastor
February 14, 1999
Salt. . . Light
John M. Buchanan, Pastor
February 21, 1999
To Heal the Sin-Sick Soul
John M. Buchanan, Pastor
February 28, 1999
Love in Prime Time

John M. Buchanan, Pastor

March 7, 1999
Love Story
John M. Buchanan, Pastor
March 14, 1999
The Foolishness of It All
John M. Buchanan, Pastor

March 21, 1999

Resurrection Prelude
John Wilkinson, Associate Pastor
March 28, 1999 The Triumph of the Meek
John M. Buchanan, Pastor
April 4, 1999
Do Not Be Afraid
John M. Buchanan, Pastor
April 11, 1999
Therefore
John M. Buchanan, Pastor

April 18, 1999

Remember
John M. Buchanan, Pastor
April 25, 1999 Give Me That Old Time Religion
John M. Buchanan, Pastor
May 2, 1999 No Private Presents
John M. Buchanan, Pastor
May 9, 1999 Orphans No More
John M. Buchanan, Pastor
May 16, 1999 Looking or Leaping
John A. Cairns, Interim Executive Associate
May 23, 1999 Past, Present, and Future
Dana Ferguson, Associate Pastor
May 30, 1999 The Divine Question and the Human Question
John M. Buchanan, Pastor
June 13, 1999 Not a Sparrow Falls
John M. Buchanan, Pastor
June 20, 1999 A Father's Needs and a Father's Wants
William A. C. Golderer, Associate Pastor
June 27, 1999 The Lesson of Mount Moriah
John M. Buchanan, Pastor
July 4, 1999 Sweet Freedom's Song
John M. Buchanan, Pastor
July 11, 1999 The Blessing of Our Hearts
John Wilkinson, Associate Pastor
July 18, 1999 God and the Millennium
Carol J. Allen, Associate Pastor
July 25, 1999 Finish, Then, Thy New Creation
Cynthia Campbell, President, McCormick Seminary
August 1, 1999 More Than Enough
John Wilkinson, Associate Pastor

August 15, 1999

Looks (and Locks!) Can Be Deceiving
Deborah J. Kapp, Associate Pastor
August 22, 1999 What Do You Say That I Am?
Sarah Jo Sarchet, Associate Pastor
 September 5, 1999 Two or Three
John Wilkinson, Associate Pastor
 September 12, 1999 Does God Exist?
John M. Buchanan, Pastor
 September 19, 1999 Can I Trust God and Science?
John M. Buchanan, Pastor
September 25, 1999 Does God Care?
John M. Buchanan, Pastor
October 3, 1999 The Cup of Blessing
John H. Boyle, Parish Associate
October 3, 1999 The Genuine Article
John M. Buchanan, Pastor

 October 10, 1999

The Spendthriftiness of Love
John M. Buchanan, Pastor
October 17, 1999 The Treasures of Fourth Church
John Wilkinson, Associate Pastor
October 24, 1999 Does God Provide?
John M. Buchanan, Pastor
October 31, 1999 Why I'm Still a Presbyterian
John M. Buchanan, Pastor
 November 7, 1999 Questions People Ask about God
John M. Buchanan, Pastor
November 14, 1999 Too Much Grace?
John M. Buchanan, Pastor
November 21, 1999 A Song of Thanksgiving
John M. Buchanan, Pastor
November 28, 1999 A View from the Mountain
John M. Buchanan, Pastor
December 5, 1999 Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming
John M. Buchanan, Pastor
December 12, 1999 Mary's Yes
John M. Buchanan, Pastor
December 19, 1999 For the Love of Christmas
John M. Buchanan, Pastor
December 24, 1999
Christmas Eve
Christmas Eve
John M. Buchanan, Pastor
December 26, 1999
What Child Is This: Reflections on the Gift of Christmas
John Wilkinson, Associate Pastor


1998

August 23, 1998 Rare Beasts and Unique Adventures
John Wilkinson, Associate Pastor
August 30, 1998 By Living Water Healed
John Wilkinson, Associate Pastor
 September 13, 1998 Painful Truth, Necessary Forgiveness
John M. Buchanan, Pastor
 September 20, 1998 A Quiet and Peaceable Life. . . In These Times?
Martin Marty and Micah Marty
September 27, 1998 Keeping Alive the Rumor
John M. Buchanan, Pastor
October 4, 1998 Becoming the Body
John M. Buchanan, Pastor

 October 11, 1998

Any Excellence?
John M. Buchanan, Pastor
October 18, 1998 Earn It
John M. Buchanan, Pastor
October 25, 1998 The Protest in Protestantism
John M. Buchanan, Pastor
November 1, 1998 If I Should Die Before I Wake
John M. Buchanan, Pastor
November 15, 1998 In the End, Our Beginning
John M. Buchanan, Pastor
November 22, 1998 Do Not Worry
John M. Buchanan, Pastor
November 29, 1998 Waiting, Impatiently
John M. Buchanan, Pastor
December 6, 1998 How Silently, How Silently
John M. Buchanan, Pastor
December 13, 1998 The Kingdom of Christmas
John M. Buchanan, Pastor
December 20, 1998 The Search for the Perfect Gift
John M. Buchanan, Pastor
December 27, 1998
What Child Is This
John Wilkinson, Associate Pastor