by Anne Robertson | Mar 12, 2021 | Conversations
In our series on the Fruit of the Spirit, we have two left: Joy and Love. This week we’ll examine joy and how it differs from happiness. I’ve thought about that distinction for a long time and, if you’ve ever read The Gift of Imperfection by Brené Brown, you’ll find that she quotes me on this issue. To return the favor, I’ll be using a video clip of her making the connection between joy and gratitude as the Call to Worship for our online service. Right now, we all want some happiness; but what we truly need is joy.
by Anne Robertson | Mar 7, 2021 | Sermons
They say that good things come to those who wait. But “they” also say, if you snooze, you lose. Well, which is it? As we continue to consider the Fruit of the Spirit in Galatians 5:22-23, this sermon looks at the fruit of patience and how it differs from waiting. What does patience give us that simple waiting does not? How do we cultivate actual patience in our lives?
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Text: Hebrews 11:8-16
This sermon was delivered to Crawford Memorial UMC by Rev. Anne Robertson on March 7, 2021.
by Anne Robertson | Mar 4, 2021 | Conversations
They say that good things come to those who wait. But “they” also say, if you snooze, you lose. Well, which is it? As we continue to consider the Fruit of the Spirit in Galatians 5:22-23, this Sunday we will look at the fruit of patience and how it differs from waiting. What does patience give us that simple waiting does not? How do we cultivate actual patience in our lives? Join us Sunday!
by Anne Robertson | Feb 28, 2021 | Sermons
What are we doing when we forgive others? And how does understanding that help us have more peace in our lives? We’ll look to the Lord’s Prayer in the Gospel of Matthew, chapter 6, verses 9-15 and to the Fruit of the Spirit in Galatians 5 for our answers.
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Text: Matthew 6:9-15
This sermon was delivered to Crawford Memorial UMC by Rev. Anne Robertson on February 28, 2021.
by Anne Robertson | Feb 25, 2021 | Conversations
The particular fruit of the Spirit we’re looking at on Sunday is peace, which is a topic that could fill volumes. So I’ll be mixing it with another topic that is one of the linchpins for both inner peace and peace between warring factions of all kinds: forgiveness. Forgiveness is also a topic that could fill volumes, and this won’t be the last sermon on the topic.
But we’ll get started on Sunday by trying to understand what we are and are not doing when we forgive and by noticing that Jesus connects God’s forgiveness of us to our forgiveness of others in the Lord’s Prayer. I hope you’ll join us!
Pastor Anne
