Sermons

By Rev. Dr. Fritz Ritsch Maundy Thursday, 2019 Mark 14: 53-72 Our gospel lesson is a story of two trials. One is the trial of… Read More »In the Courtroom; In the Courtyard

By Rev. Dr. Fritz Ritsch April 7, 2019 John 12: 1-8 I became a Christian at age 14, and I like to tell people that… Read More »The Prophet Mary of Bethany

By Rev. Dr. Fritz Ritsch St. Stephen Presbyterian Church March 31, 2019 Luke 15: 1-3, 11-32 I suppose most of us have at some level followed… Read More »Both/And

By Rev. Dr. Fritz Ritsch St. Stephen Presbyterian Church March 24, 2019 Isaiah 55: 1-9 Lots of good news at St. Stephen recently. Last year… Read More »Abundance

Faith and Action, Truth and Goodness By Rev. Dr. Fritz Ritsch March 17, 2019 Luke 13:31-35 “In AD 203, a young Roman matron, Perpetua, was… Read More »

By Rev. Dr. Fritz Ritsch February 24, 2019 Luke 6; 27-38 “Do not judge.” We hear it a lot and we always have. And yet… Read More »Why Love?

Our Just Desserts by Rev. Dr. Fritz Ritsch Luke 6: 17-26   If there is a refrain that describes the last few years, it is… Read More »Our Just Desserts

Isaiah 6:1-8 Psalm 138 1 Corinthians 15:1-11 Luke 5:1-11 Dr. Warner M. Bailey February 10, 2019 Ingmar Bergman was an internationally famous film director. He… Read More »MEETING GOD THROUGH A PAINFUL MEMORY

by Reverend Fritz Ritsch February 3, 2019 I Corinthians 13 Luke 5: 17-26 Two men love their disabled friend so much that they are willing… Read More »The Power of Love

BORDER CROSSING/BORDER HOPE[1] Leviticus 19:33-36   I Peter 3:8-16   Matthew 2:13-23  The Rev. Dr. Warner M. Bailey December 30, 2018   As we listen carefully to… Read More »BORDER CROSSING/BORDER HOPE