Easter Sunday, 2021
Christ is Risen! Christ is Risen indeed! We gather this Sunday to receive the best news of all: the tomb is empty and Christ is risen. In Mark’s gospel, however, the Risen One does not appear to the disciples. There is only a mysterious figure in the tomb, who tells the women that in order […]
Jesus is Messy
As we get closer to Holy Week and the story of Jesus’ death, the lectionary readings get messier. More specifically, bloodier. This week’s reading from Hebrews 5 talks about Jesus’ sacrifice. “Sacrifice” has become a bit of a dirty word–both theologically and culturally. What can we make of the profound, troubling image of Jesus as […]
The Greatest Commandment
Click here for the October 25, 2020 Worship Bulletin. When the world feels like it’s going to hell in a handbasket, what word helps you keep your balance, keep going, keep believing? This week, we hear someone ask Jesus the same question: “what is the greatest commandment?” Jesus’ answer is still a word that nourishes our […]
Taxes (and Other Matters of Life and Death)
Click Here for the October 18, 2020 Worship Bulletin. Scroll down for the October 18, 2020 Worship Video. Taxes (and Other Matters of Life & Death) – Mathew 22:15-22 The question to Jesus begins as a trap: “should we pay taxes to the emperor, or not?” Jesus responds by asking his questioner to pull out […]
Exodus – The Wilderness 2
Click Here for the September 27, 2020 Worship Bulletin. Scroll down for the September 27, 2020 Worship Video. We are all going through a “wilderness experience” during the pandemic. We are forced to journey through a new, difficult territory. For many of us, we are short on patience and quick to anger or despair. Our […]
Exodus – The Wilderness
Click Here for the September 20, 2020 Worship Bulletin. Scroll down for the September 20, 2020 Worship Video. Sometimes the world of the Bible seems very far away–another time, another culture, another world. But sometimes, the world of the Bible comes very, very close. For the next four weeks, we will be reading stories from […]
What Do We Make of Our Human Differences?
Click Here for the September 13, 2020 Worship Bulletin. Scroll down for the September 13, 2020 Worship Video. Sermon: What Do We Make of Our Human Differences? Rev. Lewicki will offer this Sunday’s sermon, using Romans 14:1-12 as our focus text. It is a text that explores a question this is both perennial and also […]
Daniel In The Lion’s Den
Taizé Tuesdays at NDPC Join us Tuesday evenings at 7:30 p.m. during the month of August (4, 11, 18 and 25) for a contemplative service of music, scripture, prayer, and silence. Meditative songs with few words sung over and over again reinforce the meditative quality of the prayer. A brief word of scripture, prayers […]
David And Goliath
Click Here for the July 26th Worship Bulletin (Scroll down for July 26th, 2020 Worship Video) David Lewicki preaching. The very first Biblical story I ever learned was the story of David and Goliath. Of course, I was fascinated by the idea that another “David” was a biblical hero. And what’s not to like about […]
The Best. Story. Ever! Joshua
Click Here for the July 19th Worship Bulletin (Scroll down for July 19th, 2020 Worship Video) “Joshua fit the battle of Jericho and the walls came a-tumblin’ down!” I remember singing that in Sunday School more than 40 years ago as we learned about Joshua taking over from Moses, his great military victory, and his leadership […]