God, the Light in Darkness

[Psalm 42 & 43] By the Reverend Tom Paine Preached at Lakewood Presbyterian Church June 19, 2022     The Revised Common lectionary came up with two passages today which raise a challenging topic.  I know it is Father’s Day but it is a topic that might intersect with a few of their lives too.  The

God and Our Calling

[Psalm 8 and Romans 5:1-5] By the Reverend Tom Paine Preached at First Presbyterian Church, Tenino June 12, 2022 In the year 2000, Lesley and I were with a church group in Jerusalem. We had seen Nazareth. We had traveled to Mount Horeb. We were staying in a high rise hotel and were scheduled to

God Over Us

[Psalm 93 and Luke 24:36-54] God Over Us By the Reverend Tom Paine Preached at First Presbyterian Tenino on Ascension Sunday May 29, 2022     Psalm 93 is a royal Psalm. It portrays God as a sovereign.  Probably using imagery from the time it was written, likely before the Hebrews lost their homeland, the writer

God the Exalted

[Psalm 148] God the Exalted By the Reverend Tom Paine Preached at Lakewood Presbyterian Church May 15, 2022 We got a glimpse this week of how the scope of this universe that our Creator placed us in and it is just incredible. Did you hear about the black hole scientists observed at the center of