The Fruits of His Labor
The Reverend Jeffrey A. Vamos
Cloudy With a Chance of Peace
The Reverend Jeffrey A. Vamos
Sloth
The Reverend Jeffrey A. Vamos
Who is Jesus To Me?
The Reverend Manoj Shrestha
Try This On
The Reverend Jeffrey A. Vamos
Weekly Bible Readings for Worship
Read – or hear – the weekly Bible readings for worship Most Sundays, we at PCOL read Bible passages from a list of readings called The Revised Common Lectionary. It's the set of readings that [...]
Young Adult Volunteer – Liz Wall
Through the Presbyterian Church (USA) Young Adult Volunteer program, 68 young people (ages 19-30) will be serving for the next year in various locations throughout the US and the world. Our congregation is represented through [...]
A parable of hell…and…welcome honored guests!
First - I acknowledge the title of this entry sounds rather...strange. But to explain. I will be on vacation for the next several weeks, and we have an all-star cast of preachers lined up to [...]
Amendment 10A and…Hell
Last Sunday was installment two in our new sermon series, "Questions from the Floor." The topic: "How will Amendment 10A affect the Presbyterian Church (USA) going forward?" My approach was simply to describe some of [...]
Questions from the Floor – Part I: Family Values? Whose?
This Sunday, we began a new sermon series called Questions from the Floor. This series is the brainchild of my colleague Louise, who compiled a list of questions that came from...you! Each of the [...]
Nudges and Shoves
Deacon Mark Smith
The Priesthood of All Believers
The Reverend Jeffrey A. Vamos
Sexuality: How Do We Have the Talk?
First: please insert here my much-to-self-referential brooding about...sin and forgiveness...the weakness of the flesh...writer's block...the insane schedule of a parish Pastor. Having intended to keep up with my blogging discipline, I see I have failed [...]
I Can’t Get No…Satisfaction
Is it possible that Mick Jagger has really nailed it, in describing the prime spiritual malady of our times? Well - maybe for all times? This Sunday's sermon (sermons - plural - as I'll [...]
What is Postmodernism?
Back on the blog horse, and dipping my toe in. (Aha! Master of the Mixed Metaphor! To dip my horse hoof in? My blog's equine lower digit...?) This year, as I return to my blogging [...]