Sermons by Pastor Sara Funkhouser (Page 11)

I take choosing hymns for worship very seriously! If you have every walked into my office while I am working on hymn selections, you’ll see Scripture readings pulled up on my computer, along with the planning book and two to three different hymnals open across my desk. It’s pure chaos to look at, but I think it is really important that our music connects us to the…

I may have told this story before, so my apologies if I have, but the heart of today’s Galatians reading has me thinking about an activity that we did when I was working in interfaith studies in college. Our professor took “the golden rule” and we had to match the different religious traditions to the teaching that they had regarding “treating others as you want to be…

When I was a kid, one of the pastors at my church also shared a passion for soccer, and he led a group called “Kicks for Christ.” It was a time for kids to come together to learn about Scripture and practice our soccer skills. When I was in high school and somewhat considering the idea of becoming a pastor, I asked Rev. Kev., as we called him, if we could bring back this…