The Specialist

We often think of "call" as applying to ministers. A minister is "called" to this church or that ministry, but I think the term is more widely applicable. I think all of us are called to situations in which the individual called, and ONLY that individual, can successfully heal that particular wound in God's Creation. Such a guy was Jonah, called by God to preach a word of repentance to Nineveh, capital of the Neo Assyrian Empire. Jonah eventually did, and to everyone's surprise, the Ninevites listened. And they weren't even Jews! Join us for this week's sermon from Jonah 3 and Mark 1, entitled "The Specialist" by clicking HERE for audio or HERE for text. Community Presbyterian Church of Bellefonte, Kentucky, was built on the casting floor of a 19th Century iron blast furnace. We use "The Casting Floor" as an image for the power of the Spirit to form us. Visit us at http://communitypresbyterian.org.

Bob, the Brick

How do you view your place within God's creation, and your relationship to God? What do you think about suffering you have endured? Join the congregation of Community Presbyterian Church of Bellefonte, KY for this week's sermon, "Bob, the Brick" from I Samuel 1:1-10 and John 1:43-51 by clicking HERE for audio or HERE for text. Community Presbyterian Church of Bellefonte, Kentucky, was built on the casting floor of a 19th Century iron blast furnace. We use "The Casting Floor" as an image for the power of the Spirit to form us. Visit us at http://communitypresbyterian.org.

The Baptism of Our Lord

Today we celebrate the baptism of our Lord. And as soon as we start celebrating, we start asking questions. Why did Jesus need to be baptized? It's year B, so we are reading from Mark in the Revised Common Lectionary, and Mark doesn't give an answer to this question, leaving us to dig for it ourselves. I turned to Bart Simpson of the Simpsons for an answer after speaking with a bunch of idiots. Come see what I mean with our sermon, "The Baptism of Our Lord", by clicking HERE for audio or HERE for text. Community Presbyterian Church of Bellefonte, Kentucky, was built on the casting floor of a 19th Century iron blast furnace. We use "The Casting Floor" as an image for the power of the Spirit to form us. Visit us at http://communitypresbyterian.org.

The Commonplace

The two Gospels with infancy narratives, Matthew and Luke, go to great pains to demonstrate the awesomeness of the event. Stars move. Angels sing. Even Herod the Horrible is aware that something has rocked his world. We get caught up in the majesty and tend to forget how commonplace the event was -- the birth of a baby, to a young girl, far from home. This is where God acts -- in the commonplace -- because God's creation is the common place where the human and the divine meet. Come join the congregation of Community Presbyterian Church of Bellefonte, KY for our sermon from Luke 2 titled "The Commonplace" by clicking HERE for text or HERE for audio.


Community Presbyterian Church of Bellefonte, Kentucky, was built on the casting floor of a 19th Century iron blast furnace. We use "The Casting Floor" as an image for the power of the Spirit to form us. Visit us at http://communitypresbyterian.org.