Author: Pastor Nick
Forty-seven years of ordained ministry, beginning for twelve years as a Jesuit priest, thirty-two as a United Methodist Pastor.
The Power of Waiting
We often wait tapping our foot with impatience. We live in an instant information word: Enter something into Google, and there it is! We are prone to instant gratification. Spiritual waiting is very d... Read More
“Spirit and Mother”
Scripture: Psalm 139:7-18 John 14:15-21 Sermon: “Spirit and Mother” Baptism of Vinh Felix Nguyen Audio of the sermon is below.... Read More
“God’s Positioning System”
We’ve become accustomed to setting WAZE or other GPS apps to feel convident that we will be led to the destination we wish. God’s Positioning System is different. We never leave the present mo... Read More
The Stories of Hymns
A special service of eight hymns and their stories.... Read More
Quieting Inner Noise
“Rapid Unscheduled Disassembly” – The scientific name to smooth over the more basic event with Space X -“Explosion”! How this is found as an image in the two readings for... Read More
In Sync with the Spirit
The evidence of the Resurrection of Jesus is embedded in the Spirit dwelling within us. Audio of the sermon above.... Read More
“Bubbles Burst”
Scripture: John 20:1-18. The Resurrection of Jesus bursts all our bubbles which are limited ways of understanding what this means. The Gospel of John widens our understanding to a total embrace of Jes... Read More
“Intranatural”
Sermon for Holy Thursday. We have the familiar word “Supernatural” which extends beyond the natural. Rather do I suggest that Divinity is “intranatural” — God is deeply w... Read More
Grief Transformed
You’ve heard the phrase: “Grief is love that has no place to go.” Jesus shows us that there are many places to share the love of a person dear to you that has passed…so many wa... Read More
To See Thee More Clearly
Scripture, John 9:1-41 The Story of the Man Born Blind... Read More
“Love Without Borders”
Nick shares aspects of his personal spiritual journey in the setting of the story of the conversation between Jesus and the Samaritan woman at the well.The sculpture of Stephen Broadbent was des... Read More
“The Wonders of God in You”
We present this year four Gospel stories from John centered about the conversation of Jesus with others: Today: Nicodemus March 12: The Samaritan Woman March 19: The Man Born Blind March 25: Martha an... Read More
“Testing, 1, 2, 3”
Pastor Nick shares this First Sunday in Lent passage from Matthew 4:1-11 in the light of the powerful outpouring of the Holy Spirit at Asbury University these recent weeks. Check out these links for m... Read More
“Eternity Breaks Through”
Transfiguration SundayThomas Merton said that God speaks to us gently in ten thousand things….He shines not on them but from within them.... Read More
“The Beatitudes and the Trapeze”
The image of a trapeze expresses the two parts of each Beatitude: a surrendering and letting go, and then a taking hold of what comes our way as a pathways to the Kingdom. The Hebrew Scriptures: Isaia... Read More
Praise and Worship Service
A special service of Praise, Prayer, Readings and Reflection... Read More
The Church within the Church
This is a phrase used by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. who is featured in the sermon. May you be blessed!... Read More
“Remove and Replace”
The Gospel: John 1:29-42 The Lamb of God takes away the sin of the world: he removes that sin and replaces it with his powerful, unconditional love which we now carry in our hearts.... Read More
“Deep Listening”
Just as a puppet must depend completely on the ventriloquist for words and movement, so do we need to be available for the Spirit of Jesus to speak through us from the silence. Recommended: “The... Read More
“Melchie Shares Joy and Faith”
Sermon: ““Melchie Shares Joy and Faith” This camel shares his story of being a descendent of his great, great, great (an yet more ancestors!)Melchie, the camel that carried Melchior as he fo... Read More
Christmas Eve – 2022
View the videos of our Christmas Eve Service, 2022. Featuring this sermon “The Christmas Bunny” from Martin Bells’ book, “The Way of the Wolf: The Gospel in New Images.” ... Read More
Joseph: Hero of Love
The YouTube video was edited, due to partial distortions in the audio; the sermon which was cut before it was completed. The audio of the sermon is below the worship video.... Read More