Author Archives: Galen Zook

December 5th 2021 homily on Luke 3:1-6 by Rachel Snack https://www.facebook.com/HampdenMethodistChurch/videos/470096577834924/ I cannot believe how quickly December got here and how close Christmas feels already. While a lot of years, I delight in getting all the decorations up before Thanksgiving, turning up the Christmas music, and getting all the right presents before stores get crazyContinueContinue reading “People of Peace”

Christmas is not just about remembering an event that took place 2,000 years ago – it provides a picture of what is to come. Recounting the story of Christ’s birth fills us with hope and expectation for Christ’s return, when God’s kingdom will come in all its fullness.

Christ’s rule and reign produces change and transformation, not with violence and force in the way that the nations of this world exert their authority, but rather through the transformative power of love.

https://www.facebook.com/HampdenMethodistChurch/videos/450648306471333 November 14th, 2021 homily on Mark 13:1-8 by Pastor Galen The Greatest Party that Never Happened This past week I watched a documentary on Netflix about the Fyre Music Festival that was supposed to take place in May of 2017, called “Fyre: The Greatest Party That Never Happened.” The documentary tells the story ofContinueContinue reading “Not One Stone”

Although her gift was miniscule in comparison to the donations by the much wealthier people who made a big show of putting large sums of money into the offering plates, Jesus said that a poor widow “has put in more than all those who are contributing to the treasury.” (Mark 12:43).