Wisdom’s Table
Where are the wise..? Have you ever turned on (or off, for that matter) the TV and wondered that? This is the question which the apostle Paul and the teacher of Ecclesiastes ask, only [...]
Where are the wise..? Have you ever turned on (or off, for that matter) the TV and wondered that? This is the question which the apostle Paul and the teacher of Ecclesiastes ask, only [...]
What is your superpower? What if the power we receive as Christians is our embrace of weakness? A Sermon Preached by Rev. Dr. Jeffrey Vamos on Sunday, July 10th. 2 Corinthians 12:2-10. https://s3.amazonaws.com/pcol-media/sermons/2018/Service+2018-07-08.mp3 [...]
A sermon preached by Rev. Dr. Jeffrey Vamos, July 1, 2018. https://s3.amazonaws.com/pcol-media/sermons/2018/Service+2018-07-01.mp3
An oft-used image for the successful life is to be like a duck: look calm and collected above the surface, but beneath, where no one sees, paddle like heck. The image for the [...]
Could you find something in yourself that would make you content, no matter what the weather? Sermon preached by Jeff Vamos, June 17, 2018. Exodus 25:31-40 (selections), 2 Corinthians 4:13-5:1 https://s3.amazonaws.com/pcol-media/sermons/2018/Service+2018-06-17.mp3 [...]
Good idea to jump off a cliff just because everyone else is doing it? Maybe. Maybe not. Sermon preached by Kyle Anderson, June 10, 2018. https://s3.amazonaws.com/pcol-media/sermons/2018/Service+2018-06-10.mp3
If you've seen the movie Ghost, (1990), you know it's about a husband (Patrick Swayze) trying to communicate "from the other side." A ghost, he now desperately seeks to let his wife (Demi Moore) know [...]
Sermon preached Sunday, May 27, by Merideth Mueller. https://s3.amazonaws.com/pcol-media/sermons/2018/Service+2018-05-27.mp3
Have you ever had what you'd consider a spiritual - or mystical - experience? Such experiences are common, and people often ignore them, or are even ashamed to share them, because they fear people [...]
Music is a means to reach deep into our souls, down to places that words can't reach; music has the power to enable us to "let go" and allow ourselves to be known by [...]
Sermon on May 6, 2018 by Avagail Morgan, President of the Board of Deacons https://s3.amazonaws.com/pcol-media/sermons/2018/Service+2018-05-06.mp3
There's a section of Acts chapter 8 that contains one of the most interesting - and strangest - stories in the New Testament. It's Phillip's encounter with the Ethiopian eunuch, someone who would indeed [...]
What role should social media play in seeking to live a faithful life in Christ? Is social media all bad? In a brief homily on Sunday, Dr. Vamos's sermon is about the promise and problem [...]
April 15, 2018, by Louise Johnson https://s3.amazonaws.com/pcol-media/sermons/2018/Service+2018-04-15.mp3
April 8, 2018, by Tom Baker What are the spiritual aspects of addiction and recovery? Addiction is a disease which is cunning, baffling and powerful but there is hope. https://s3.amazonaws.com/pcol-media/sermons/2018/Service+2018-04-08.mp3
Easter Sermon, April 1, 2018, by Jeffrey Vamos Is it possible to prove the resurrection? N. T. Wright, the theologian and biblical scholar, wrote a 700-plus page book attempting to do that. The heart [...]
Sermon March 25, 2018, by Jeffrey Vamos What if we understood that Jesus' triumphal entry into Jerusalem was really a parody of those in power? Is it possible we might understand parody and humor as [...]
Sermon March 18, 2018 Jeffrey Vamos Is grief...good? And if so, how? How might we think of grief in light of the hope of the gospels? Dr. Vamos explores the story of the death [...]