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Cove Presbyterian Church
5531 Covesville Lane, Covesville, Virginia 22931
Betty's Diner
Luke 15:11-32 I love the American folksinger Carrie Newcomer. I first heard her music some years back at a church conference in...
The Company God Keeps
Luke 15:1-10 Preachers salivate when the fifteenth chapter of Luke shows up. Who cannot warm to the shepherd who hits the hills to find...
One Heart
Deuteronomy 6:4-9 Mark 12:28-34 As a young Jew, Jesus would have grown up saying the Shema twice a day, the reminder from the book of...
Who's Who
Luke 14:1, 7-14 It was the last week of my senior year in high school. My two best friends and I were seated in a hot, overcrowded...
You Need to Take This Call!
Jeremiah 1:4-10 The most frequently asked question of any pastor I know, including this one, is: “How were you called into ministry?” It...
Never, No Never!
Revelation 7:9-17 Toward the end of Samuel Beckett’s play, Waiting for Godot, Vladimir asks Pozzo: “What do you do when you fall far from...
A Simple "Thank You" Will Do
I Corinthians 1:1-9 The ancient city of Corinth had quite a reputation. “From the time of Aristophanes on,” writes Frederick Buechner,...
What Happens Next?
Text: Luke 10:25-37 Deep in the interior of Haiti stands a huge, modern medical complex known as the Good Samaritan Hospital. The news...
A PASSING GUEST
Text: Psalm 39 Some psalms soar. “Whither shall I go from thy Spirit? If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in...
GUESS WHO'S COMING TO DINNER
Text: Luke 7:36-8:3 “Paint a picture of the church.” As a child, you take things quite literally, concretely. So, that is how I took my...
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