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A Time for Pastoral, Prophetic and Practical Christianity
A Joint Statement from the World Council of Churches and Regional Ecumenical Organizations.
A Joint Statement from the World Council of Churches and Regional Ecumenical Organizations.
These intercessions were offered by West Plano Presbyterian Church on March 15, 2020 Saving God,we are deep in a wildernesswe know only through fiction and fantasy,and we are unnerved.We face a danger we cannot see,about which we know little,with the power to paralyze countries and continents,and we are afraid.We are Read more…
This Prayer of Intercession was offered by the faith community at West Plano Presbyterian Church on Sunday, October 6 (2019). © David B. Batchelder; 2019. God, our Creator,IT SHOULD NOT BE that this planet is in perilbecause your stewards have savaged your handiwork.But this is the case, O God,and we Read more…
I hope I’m wrong, but what appears to me to be happening is this: as cruelty moves into the most popular forms of American Christianity, compassion is moving out and taking up residence in a segment of the more secular, humanistic public. If we see Jesus-like compassion at all, its among ordinary not-particularly-religious people who are disturbed that this nation’s humanity is at risk by the lack of mercy shown to the weak and helpless.
This sermon was preached by David B. Batchelder at West Plano Presbyterian Church on January 27, 2019 – the 3rd Sunday after the Epiphany, based on Nehemiah 8:5-6, 8-10; 1 Corinthians 12:12-31a; Luke 4:14-21. © David B. Batchelder – January, 2019 Our scriptures today give us three assemblies. One is Read more…
This sermon was preached by David B. Batchelder at West Plano Presbyterian Church on December 9, 2018 – the Second Sunday of Advent, based on Malachi 3:1-4; Philippians 1:3-11; and Luke 3:1-6. © David B. Batchelder – December, 2018 From Monday through Wednesday, it was a veritable WHO’S WHO of Read more…
This sermon was preached by David B. Batchelder at West Plano Presbyterian Church on October 21, 2018 – based on Isaiah 53:4-12; Hebrews 5:1-10; and Mark 10:35-45. © David B. Batchelder – October 21, 2018 Let’s think about leadership. Even if you’re not one yourself, every one of us benefits Read more…
This sermon was preached by David B. Batchelder at West Plano Presbyterian Church on August 26, 2018 – based on Joshua 24:1-2a, 14-18; Eph. 6:10-20; and John 6:56-69 © David B. Batchelder – August, 2018 Today, the scriptures confront us with the choice for life in the midst of a Read more…
So often the contemporary church is a weak, ineffectual voice with an uncertain sound. So often it is an archdefender of the status quo. Far from being disturbed by the presence of the church, the power structure of the average community is consoled by the church’s silent– and often even Read more…
Prayers of Intercession Used in the liturgy of West Plano Presbyterian Church, June 24, 2018 God of sky and seas, earth and wind – your creation faces a crisis not of its own making. We, whom you entrusted for this earth’s care, need your help to change the way we Read more…