The Covenant of Kinship

A sermon delivered by Keith Herron, Pastor, Holmeswood Baptist Church, Kansas City, Mo., on March 25, 2010. Jeremiah 31:31-34   In the Eastern Orthodox tradition, the fifth Sunday of Lent is dedicated to St. Mary of Egypt, who lived in Alexandria Egypt in the fifth...

Marking Sacred Time

A sermon delivered by Keith Herron, Pastor, Holmeswood Baptist Church, Kansas City, Mo., on March 18, 2012 The Fourth Sunday of Lent Psalm 107:1-3, 17-22 One week prior to the assassination of President Kennedy, Fred Craddock, a young seminary professor, heard German...

Living Into Our Legacy

A sermon delivered by Keith Herron, Pastor, Holmeswood Baptist Church, Kansas City Mo., on March 4, 2012. The Second Sunday of Lent Genesis 17:1-7, 15-16 Slip off your shoes and socks and roll your pants legs up and step gingerly into the gently flowing waters of the...

Thin Places

A sermon delivered by Keith Herron, Pastor, Holmeswood Baptist Church, Kansas City Mo., on February 19, 2012 Transfiguration Sunday Mark 9:2-9       We hold this sacred story in the ordinary hands of our humanity and it reminds us of the delicate balance between...

Called and Recalled

A sermon delivered by Keith Herron, Pastor, Holmeswood Baptist Church, Kansas City, Mo., on January 15, 2012. The Second Sunday after Epiphany I Samuel 3:1-10 Psalm 139: 1-6, 13-18; John 1:43-51; I Corinthians 6:12-20   At the age of 17, Martin Luther King, Jr....