by John Sawyer | Nov 22, 2024 | Weekly Word
by The Reverend Dr. John Sawyer, Pastor This past Sunday, as part of the sermon, I spent a few minutes saying “Hey” and “Thank you” to people in (and beyond) our congregation who offer so much of their time, energy, money, and more to God here at Bedford Presbyterian...
by John Sawyer | Nov 8, 2024 | Weekly Word
On the day after this past week’s election, I spent the day sitting with people who were experiencing some big feelings. Not all of these big feelings were about the election results, mind you, but many of them were. I know that plenty of people were quite pleased...
by John Sawyer | Nov 1, 2024 | Weekly Word
“You must understand this, my beloved: let everyone be quick to listen, slow to speak, slow to anger; for your anger does not produce God’s righteousness.” (James 1:19-20) In recent days, I have had multiple conversations with people across the political divide, and...
by John Sawyer | Oct 24, 2024 | Weekly Word
A few Octobers ago, I spent an entire Friday and Saturday raking leaves in our yard. I don’t remember the exact number of bags that I raked over the course of those two days, but by the end, the yard was clear and there were easily 30-40 bags of leaves out at the curb...
by John Sawyer | Oct 17, 2024 | Weekly Word
This coming Sunday during Coffee Hour, we will be holding our second Matthew 25 Forum. Just a couple of weeks ago, we spent some time focusing on Matthew 25:14-30—the “Parable of the Talents”—and highlighted our own gifts and skills and talents as well as the gifts,...
