Rev. Matthew Miller FROM THE GOSPELS Matthew 28:1-11 click here to watch the sermon "Shook" Two days ago, some of us had the privilege of listening to our music director, Leon Lake, sing his haunting arrangement of the spiritual Were You There for the Good Friday service at St. Andrew Presbyterian Church. If you know the song, each successive verse asks, were you there when they crucified my lord, when they nailed him to the tree, when they laid him in the tomb. I don’t know

Rev. Matthew Miller FROM THE GOSPELS Matthew 27:15-23 Click here to watch the sermon "Jesus or Barabba" The choice could not appear to be any clearer. But then, that’s from this side of history. The choice could not appear to be any clearer. But how many times have we said that about any number of things, any number of choices, only to be proven wrong. Only to watch as the people given that choice succumb to the persuasion of influential voices, and the unrelenting pull of th

Rev. Matthew Miller FROM THE GOSPELS Matthew 26:69-75; 27:3-10 Click here to watch the sermon "Peter/Judas" A good while ago, in another state, I was attending a presbytery meeting. For those who don’t know, in the same way that catholic parishes are gathered into what is known as a diocese, Presbyterian churches are grouped into regional bodies known as Presbyteries. In connectional traditions, that is Christian traditions in which individual congregations are connected to e