Homily on Exodus 33:12-23 and 1 Thessalonians 1:1-10 by Pastor Galen Zook at Hampden United Methodist Church in Baltimore, MD. Oct. 18th 2020 The theme song for the 1980s American sitcom “Cheers,” (which took place almost exclusively in the front room of a bar), proclaimed, Sometimes you wanna go Where everybody knows your name AndContinue reading “Known By Name”
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Think on These Things
October 11th, 2020, homily on Phil 4:1-9 by Pastor Galen Zook The 2010 movie Inception was a James Bond-like thriller in which a group of people enter another person’s dream (and dreams within dreams) to plant an idea in his mind. In an early scene from the movie, one of the characters by the nameContinue reading “Think on These Things”
To Know Christ
homily on Phil. 3:4b-14 by Pastor Galen Zook, October 4th 2020 Today we began a new sermon series entitled “Pressing On,” focusing in on our New Testament readings from Paul’s Epistles. The next two weeks we’ll be looking at Philippians, and then Corinthians and Thessalonians. But we haven’t completely left the Israelites behind in theContinue reading “To Know Christ”
Strike The Rock
September 27th 2020 Pastor Galen Zook Exodus 17:1-7; Philippians 2:1-13 Moses was not prone to getting angry very easily. The decades that he spent tending his father-in-law’s flocks of sheep in the wilderness had taught him a great deal of patience. But here in Exodus 17, the Israelites seem to be “getting on his lastContinue reading “Strike The Rock”
What Is It?
September 20th 2020 Pastor Galen Zook Exodus 16:2-15; Matthew 20:1-16 Thanks! What Is It? How many of you have ever received a present from someone, but when you opened it up, you had no idea what it was? You’re honored that the person thought of you and took the time to buy or make youContinue reading “What Is It?”
