Category Archives: Preaching

Pentecost 2019

Posted on June 6, 2019 by radamdavidson

This Sunday (June 9) is Pentecost Sunday — the day the church (since about the 4th century) observes the gift of the Spirit on the 120 believers and the birth of the church (Acts 2:1ff), liturgically symbolized by the color … Continue reading →

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The Hospitality of God

Posted on September 10, 2017 by radamdavidson

Fall 2017 is here. Students are back in school, college football is back, the weather is making the slow turn toward Autumn and the trees are swapping their traditional green for an unpredictable mash of yellow, orange, brown, and firey … Continue reading →

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Audio Post (Mark 1:1-13, the Gospel, read aloud)

Posted on February 4, 2017 by radamdavidson
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Fear vs. Faith (Matthew 14:22-33)

Posted on July 25, 2016 by radamdavidson

I’ve been on a boat but haven’t seen anything as strange as a man walking toward me in the dark, padding effortlessly across the liquid H2O like it were January in Michigan.  It gets cold enough here to freeze the … Continue reading →

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New Sermon Series: Hope (Romans 5:1-11)

Posted on March 28, 2016 by radamdavidson

We start a new series this Sunday called Hope, which is based on a verse-by-verse walk through of a very hope-filled passage in Romans (5:1-11).  Each week brings another installment of a sentence fragment which locks together to make a powerful statement of our … Continue reading →

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Sunday Text Messages

Posted on February 9, 2016 by radamdavidson

People text me while I preach.  At the beginning of each message, I put up my digits and encourage people to text as I speak.  I usually make the following clear, so as to establish protocol: As I’m talking, please feel … Continue reading →

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Heavy Word

Posted on February 16, 2015 by radamdavidson

We’re working our way through the book of Amos at pfmchurch.  Yesterday was a temperately cold and a spiritually heavy day.  Amos 3 & 4 includes some rather weighty words that are in yo face.  Most of the time I finish up … Continue reading →

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There’s Something About Mary (the MOJ)

Posted on December 19, 2014 by radamdavidson

Mary. Just a few questions from a puzzled mind. Granted, I’m working with a fairly basic document that takes broad strokes.  It’s all inspired, no doubt, and I dare not read between the lines too much.  If you’d be so … Continue reading →

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Advent, Wk 2: On Comfort (and Joy)

Posted on December 6, 2014 by radamdavidson

I’ve been thinking about comfort for several weeks now.  I didn’t choose it. I’d rather think about pie or something funny Zac said… about pie. I was cajoled into making comfort the word of the week because of the Revised Common Lectionary. One of … Continue reading →

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A Month on Family at PFM

Posted on October 28, 2014 by radamdavidson

We’re working on a November series at pfm called Family.   I’ve enjoyed the challenge and opportunity of continuing on the Revised Common Lectionary while picking out certain threads. Week 1 will be about how the writers of the New Testament give us … Continue reading →

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