Lizard Brains

When we're hurt by someone else's malice, we tend to think we are empowered to "Get Even" by doing whatever it takes to hurt them back. That's the limbic system of our brains -- the so-called 'lizard brain' speaking. Our role as Christians is to show the world that it is possible to put the lizard brain to sleep and to show to the world our true colors as the holders of God's Divine breath, for Genesis tells us we are composed only of dirt and the breath of God. Join the congregation of Community Presbyterian Church of Bellefonte as we talk about a recent kerfuffle at the Chapel of St. Starbuck's over America's use of civilians to pilot unmanned drones in Afghanistan in our sermon this week, Lizard Brains.

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.

Let's Put on a Play

One of Jesus' most famous parables is the parable of the Prodigal Son, or, as Jesus actually named it, "The parable of a man with two sons". If we were to put on a play based on that parable, which roles would your life experience and character best fit you to play? Join us for this Sunday's sermon, Let's Put on a Play.

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.

Wilderness Vision

How long would you have to watch a burning bush to notice that it is not being consumed? Would you invest that much time in it?

These are the two questions posed by the text from Exodus that describes Moses' encounter with the burning bush, and they are the questions posed to each of us during Lent, for Lent is the time in the church calendar when we are encouraged to leave the ordinary behind and to walk with Jesus through the extraordinary place called the wilderness. Join the congregation of Community Presbyterian Church for this week's sermon, Wilderness Vision.

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.

Cutting a Covenant

In 1995 the Hubble Space Telescope took a picture called "the Hubble Deep Field". What it photographed was an apparently empty portion of space the size of a tennis ball held at a length of a football field. Hubble found 3,000 GALAXIES, each composed of hundreds of billions of individual stars. God is God of all creation. It seems He would have His hands full just dealing with the stars, but somehow, He loves us. Dust. Insignificant dust, on the scale of the universe, but special to God. How special? Join the congregation of Community Presbyterian Church of Bellefonte, Kentucky for this week's sermon, Cutting a Covenant.

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 Wilderness Trail

We begin Lent by walking with Jesus into the Wilderness to define what His ministry will be. Along the way, we hear of three temptations -- alternate forms of Jesus' time on earth, if you like. Jesus rejects all three. In the course of it, we learn a bit about two "ministers" from the western United States who have recently begun praying that the President's wife should be made a widow and his children fatherless. Evil comes in many forms. This is one of them. Join the congregation of Community Presbyterian Church of Bellefonte, Kentucky for "The Wilderness Trail".

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.

Santa Claus Glasses

Today is the last Sunday after Epiphany -- the Sunday we celebrate the Transfiguration of the Lord. This event, reported in all three synoptic Gospels, is one of the BIG stories of the Gospels. Like the Resurrection which it foreshadows, the Transfiguration is an event outside common experience. In day-to-day experience, dead Jews don't materialize and clouds don't speak to us. How does a 21st Century congregation receive these BIG stories of the Gospel? Could it be that our commitment to an objective understanding of the world about us has robbed us of the humility we need to confess that there is transcendent truth which is always beyond our understanding? Join the congregation of Community Presbyterian Church of Bellefonte for this week's sermon, Santa Claus Glasses.

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.

Chasing Shiny Things

It was Boy Scout Sunday at Community Presbyterian and we had a great turnout. The text was from I Corinthians and we talked about a dispute that arose at the Chapel of St. Starbuck's the Jittery the preceding week. The Chapel is very ecumenical, so there are bound to be doctrinal differences from time to time. It's unsettling to realize that even different Protestant churches teach different doctrines, but it points up how important it is which church you associate yourself with. There's a lot more to choosing a church beyond asking if they have a youth program. Each church brings with it centuries of understanding and a unique teaching. Join us for our sermon, Chasing Shiny Things.

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.