Category Archives: sermons

Nov. 8th, 2020, homily on Matthew 25:1-13 by Pastor Galen Zook This week many of us probably felt like the bridesmaids in Matthew 25, burning the midnight oil as we waited to find out the results of the presidential elections. Around 2 am on Wednesday morning, my brother, who is a political science professor andContinueContinue reading “The Shout at Midnight”

Nov. 1st, 2020 — homily on Revelation 7:9-17 for All Saints/All Souls Sunday by Pastor Galen Zook I’ve been contemplating death and life a lot this week. Last Saturday, I led a Celebration of Life service for a young mother who passed away suddenly and unexpectedly. Her teenage son was a close friend of myContinueContinue reading “These Are They”

October 25th, 2020 — Sermon by Rachel Snack, InterVarsity Campus Minister at McDaniel and Hood Colleges; Matthew 22:34-46 I am a big fan of a show on Netflix called “The Great British Baking Show”, especially in quarantine, I’ve loved watching it and getting inspired to try some of the recipes at home. And for aContinueContinue reading “On These Two Commandments”

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 AndContinueContinue reading “Known By Name”

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 nameContinueContinue reading “Think on These Things”