Sermon preached by the Rev. Michael Anderson Bullock [Genesis 32:22-31; 2 Timothy 3:14-4:5; Luke 18:1-8] Experts who study the human brain tell us that the earliest autobiographical memories begin at the age of two or three years.  “Infantile amnesia” (as it is called) describes the fact that we cannot remember much about our earliest experiences.  This is so because the hippocampus (that part of the human brain that processes experience into memory) is undeveloped.  These ea

Sermon preached by the Rev. Michael Anderson Bullock [2 Kings 5:1-3, 7-15c; 2 Timothy 2P8-15; Luke  17:11-19] This is a sermon about transitions.    It is now thirty-five years ago that I had a special teacher.  He was a rabbi who had the amazing ability to take significant ideas and observations and put them together into a larger and deeper insight than had been visible before.  A perfect example was in his teaching about times of transition.  His piercing insight into tran

Sermon preached by the Rev. Michael Anderson Bullock [Habakkuk 1:1-4, 2:1-4; 2 Timothy 1:1-14; Luke17:5-10] This past Tuesday, there was...

Sermon preached by the Rev. Michael Anderson Bullock [Amos 6:1a, 4-7; 1 Timothy 6:6-19; Luke 16:19-31] One of the most challenging and...

Sermon preached by the Rev. Michael Anderson Bullock [Amos 8:4-7; 1 Timothy 2:1-7; Luke 16:1-13] Life is messy; isn’t it?  I suppose that...