THE HUNGER FOR GOD Sermon Preached by the Rev. Dr. Lindley G. DeGarmo Union Church of Pocantico Hills October 17, 2021 Psalm 119:105-112 Genesis 2:15-17 You are in the car. You have been driving all day, and into the night. Hours ago you left the interstate and have been quietly snaking your way along a […]

HOLY REST Sermon Preached by the Rev. Dr. Lindley G. DeGarmo Union Church of Pocantico Hills October 10, 2021 Psalm 145:8-14 Genesis 2:1-3 The creation narratives are holy and inspired verses of scripture that serve not as a science text, but as a poetic description of the truth of our lives. Last week, we looked […]

TASTE AND SEE Sermon Preached by the Rev. Dr. Lindley G. DeGarmo Union Church of Pocantico Hills October 3, 2021 Psalm 34:1-10, 22 Genesis 1:26-31 From the beginning, we have yearned to find some image of the Creator among us. In ancient society, it was common to portray the image of gods by constructing huge, […]

THE GREAT CLOUD OF WITNESSES Sermon Preached by the Rev. Dr. Lindley G. DeGarmo Union Church of Pocantico Hills September 26, 2021 Psalm 80:1-2, 8-19 Hebrews 11:29 – 12:2 Numbers are on my mind this morning. The number twenty-four, for example. That was the number of worshipers who gathered here last Sunday, including Rick and […]

GIVING THE HEART Sermon Preached by the Rev. Dr. Lindley G. DeGarmo Union Church of Pocantico Hills September 12, 2021 Psalm 19 Mark 8:27-33 When Oregon State University students in a class on religion and American culture were asked a few years ago to describe their impressions of Christianity, they consistently responded with five adjectives. […]

DAVID AND HIS FAMILY Sermon Preached by the Rev. Dr. Lindley G. DeGarmo Union Church of Pocantico Hills September 5, 2021 Psalm 3 2 Samuel 12:7-12 Last week we heard the story of David and Bathsheba: David’s misuse of his power to commit adultery and murder, and how the prophet Nathan confronted the king and […]

DAVID AND BATHSHEBA Sermon Preached by the Rev. Dr. Lindley G. DeGarmo Union Church of Pocantico Hills August 29, 2021 Psalm 51:1-17 2 Samuel 11:1-5 Today, we turn to the story of David and Bathsheba, wife of Uriah the Hittite. David commits adultery with Bathsheba, and when it proves impossible to trick Uriah into thinking […]

DAVID AND MEPHIBOSHETH Sermon Preached by the Rev. Dr. Lindley G. DeGarmo Union Church of Pocantico Hills August 22, 2021 Psalm 133 II Samuel 9:1-13 I enjoy westerns. I grew up watching Roy Rogers and the Lone Ranger and Bonanza. Sarah and I spent one of our first dates talking about Larry McMurtry’s Lonesome Dove, […]

DAVID DANCES Sermon Preached by the Rev. Dr. Lindley G. DeGarmo Union Church of Pocantico Hills August 15, 2021 Psalm 150 II Samuel 6:1-22 When we last encountered David, he had fled from King Saul’s court and had gathered a significant force of renegades around him in the Judean wilderness. They survived by raiding and […]

DAVID AND SAUL Sermon Preached by the Rev. Dr. Lindley G. DeGarmo Union Church of Pocantico Hills August 8, 2021 Psalm 23 1 Samuel 18:5-16 The traffic was heavy on Main Street one late afternoon during rush hour. A man was being tailgated by a stressed-out woman. Suddenly, the light in front of him turned […]