Holy Thursday “ Our Reminder to Love One Another

The Thursday of Holy Week is called by a wide-ranging number of names according to one’s particular faith tradition, but most call it Maundy Thursday or more simply, Holy Thursday. It’s a day of bright wonder as we reflect upon Jesus’ simple actions...

Coming Attractions

A sermon by Keith Herron, Pastor, Holmeswood Baptist Church, Kansas City, Mo. The Fifth Sunday of Lent John 11:1-45 April 6, 2014 Ezekiel 37:1-14; Psalm 130; Romans 8:6-11 Two weeks ago today, I unknowingly stepped onto the movie set where Cowboys and Aliens was...

Blindness of the Second Order

A sermon by Keith Herron, Pastor, Holmeswood Baptist Church, Kansas City, Mo. The Fourth Sunday of Lent John 9:1-41 March 30, 2014 I Samuel 16:1-13; Psalm 23; Ephesians 5:8-14 It’s a simple story really. A man was born blind at birth and Jesus saw him and did...

What Awaits Us After Death? Words Can’t Describe

Psychiatrist Elisabeth Kübler-Ross speculated in her studies of terminally ill patients that the dying go through five distinct stages of grief preceding their deaths – denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance. Her studies produced a book titled “On...

Saltahakers & Candlesticks

A sermon by Keith Herron, Pastor, Holmeswood Baptist Church, Kansas City,  Mo. Fifth Sunday after Epiphany February 9, 2014 Matthew 5:13-20 Isaiah 58:1-9a (9b-12); Psalm 112:1-9 (10); I Corinthians 2:1-12 (13-16) Jesus’ preaching of the Sermon on the Mount was no...