Sermon Archive

Text: Exodus 3:1-15; 4:1-17 “Please, send somebody else!” Wow… what a letdown! After all this, all Moses can says is, “Please Lord, send somebody else!” We find ourselves at the end of one of the most profound stories from Hebrew Scripture. It is the tale of a wandering shepherd who comes face to face with the living God, and then sets out on a mission to free the Slaves of Egypt. It is a powerful story –so powerful in fact, that we use one of its images to give a brand logo for our denomination. The burning bush, along with the Latin phrase Nec Tamen Consumebateur , can be found at the front of most sanctuaries in the Presbyterian Church in Canada… on fire and yet not consumed. This story from Exodus is laced with so much meaning that countless sermons can be written about it. Today, I am only preaching one of them… I promise! As powerful as this story is, we often forget the bits and pieces that bring it down to earth. As much as Moses is written as a hero, he is also a human being l...

Text: 1 Kings 19:9-18 Burnout. At some point in our lives, every one of us is going to experience it. It can be either short or long-term… it could just mean that we need an extended vacation, or it could mean that we need to look at a complete change in careers. It’s that point at which we feel we are truly spinning our wheels, desperate for a break… In more serious cases, there is a genuine anxiety over even returning to work, and even genuine clinical depression. Whatever its severity, burnout comes when no matter what amount of work that we do, no matter how many hours we put into it, we either aren’t getting enough done, or more importantly we get no satisfaction out of it… we’re burnt out. I suppose now would be a good time to say that I am NOT talking about myself. I may be going on vacation on Wednesday, but I would not consider myself burnt out. Burnout is something that happens a lot in today’s workplace, we talk about it all the time… but I’m not talking about that either. B...