Far from “Ordinary”

At RRCB, we follow the Revised Common Lectionary. This liturgical guide provides us with readings Sunday that fit with the liturgical year, with its various seasons that correspond to celebration, mourning, and growth. There are a great many reasons to appreciate the...

Full Circle

Many thoughts and feelings envelop me nowadays – sadness, anxiety, excitement. Good news: our house sold in one day – no lie. They also waived the inspection. Okay, that feels good. Our next destination on the journey will be South Carolina. All the grandparents are...

Exercises for the Growing Christian

One of the challenges of personal development as a believer is the journey we take into spiritual maturity and transformative servanthood.  The call of discipleship is a call to “bury” narcissistic habits and embrace the biblical model of an “other focused” way of...

Truly, Time Will Tell

A number of RRCB folks have asked for hard copies of the sermon entitled “Time Will Tell” which I preached on Founder’s Day, the church’s 70th anniversary.  I suspect the keenest interest was in one of two areas.  The first was what former pastor Dr. Vernon Richardson...

Do Not Be Afraid

News, politicians, leaders, culture – we are surrounded by a cry of: “BE AFRAID! [Fill in offender – Muslims, immigrants, politicians of the “other party”] are coming to steal your liberty and destroy your way of life!” Certainly, there are dangerous politicians and...

The River Road Way

Albert Einstein (March 14, 1879 – April 18, 1955) was a German-born theoretical physicist and a recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physics. He developed the general theory of relativity, one of the two pillars of modern physics alongside quantum mechanics.  He...