Sermons from September 2026
The Hard Good Work
We’ll be getting our annual “Abraham” story this week. He, of course, is ‘Father Abraham”, the patriarch of the Jewish, Christian, and Muslim faiths, so he figures massively into the story. This week we’ll look at his original call. Why does God choose Abram (later Abraham)? How do we think his wife Sarai (later “Sarah) felt about it initially? Why does Abram say yes? What is the nature of this call, and what does it have to say for us…
The Full Spectrum
“Rally Sunday is upon us! I hope you can join us this Sunday as we kick off a new season at PPUMC. We will begin with worship as usual and a new season navigating the Narrative Lectionary.” -Pastor Paul Baudhuin
Galatians 6:7-10
“This Sunday I will not be with you (taking a little staycation), and my friend and colleague Laquaan Malachi (goes by Malachi) will be filling in. I’ve known Malachi for about five years, and I’m excited to have him fill in. As a teaser, he is somehow connecting Galatians 6:7-10 to Dolly Parton, so that should be interesting. With this Monday being Labor Day, that means we kick into our 3rd season in the Narrative Lectionary the following, which I…