Anabaptist and Quaker essays, sermons, and other writings
The following sermon was originally published online by The Patchwork Pietist and is featured here, unedited, with permission. A sermon for the second Sunday of Advent Preached at Timbercrest Retirement Community (Luke 1 : 5-25, 57-80) Zechariah could not remember clearly the first day he held these objects, the first […]
The Anabaptist Communicators met October 24-26, 2018 for their annual conference. The conference was held at Laurelville Mennonite Church Center in Mt. Pleasant, PA. The theme of the conference was Innovation: Past, Present, Future. The conference was open to all members of the Anabaptist Communicators as well as newly associated […]
Preached at Highland Avenue CoB, May 27, 2018 Isaiah 6:1-8 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) 6 In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord sitting on a throne, high and lofty; and the hem of his robe filled the temple. 2 Seraphs were in attendance above him; each had six […]
Preached at Goshen City CoB, April 29, 2018 John 15:1-8 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) 15 “I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinegrower. 2 He removes every branch in me that bears no fruit. Every branch that bears fruit he prunes to make it bear more […]
Preached at Old South Church Boston June 2014 John 20:14-29 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) 24 But Thomas (who was called the Twin), one of the twelve, was not with them when Jesus came. 25 So the other disciples told him, “We have seen the Lord.” But he said to […]
Preached at Washington City CoB, March 4, 2018 Due to the length and variety of scriptural passages upon which this sermon is based, this publication does not include the base passage. We encourage you to examine Exodus 20:1-17, Psalm 19, 1 Corinthians 1:18-25, John 2: 13-22 before reading the sermon, […]
The following was excerpted from a Ministry Site Study report submitted in spring 2018 at Bethany Theological Seminary Not many people know the inner workings of Brethren Life & Thought or the intentions behind all the work that goes into it. As a recent Bethany student, I wrote a Ministry […]
Preached at Whitestone Community CoB, May 21, 2017 John 15:1-8 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) 15 “I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinegrower. 2 He removes every branch in me that bears no fruit. Every branch that bears fruit he prunes to make it bear more […]
This post is part five of a five-part series. Parts two-five are published on our blog. Part one can be viewed at https://www.facebook.com/BrethrenLifeAndThought/videos/1430331587076140/. CP: Introduce yourself. Location. Current Congregation. (If not currently at a Brethren congregation, where do you worship now? What is your “home” CoB?) Occupation. Age. Did you know March […]
This post is part four of a five-part series. Parts two-five will be published on our blog. Part one can be viewed at https://www.facebook.com/BrethrenLifeAndThought/videos/1430331587076140/. CP: Introduce yourself. Location. Current Congregation. (If not currently at a Brethren congregation, where do you worship now? What is your “home” CoB?) Occupation. Age. Did you know […]