Pastor Scott's Musings

Sermon for Easter 2025 Easter Clothes ( Mark 15:37-16:8 ) A man was driving one Easter morning, when he heard a thud. He’d hit something. It was a large rabbit. A basket of colored eggs was scattered about its lifeless body. “Oh no!” he cried and dropped to his knees Just then another car stopped. A lady came to the man and asked, “What’s the matter, Honey?” The man wept, “I’m so horrible. I killed the Easter Bunny!” She looked over at the dead rabbit and said, “Wait right there, I think I can help!” She went to her car, got into the trunk, and came back with an aerosol can. She sprayed up and down the body of the bunny. Soon the rabbit’s nose started to twitch, then its feet started to kick. Then, all of a sudden, the rabbit jumped up and started hopping away. About every 3rd hop, the bunny stopped and turned to wave. Then another few hops, stop and turn to wave. It kept hopping and waving until it was out of sight. The man stood there dumfounded! “What’s in that can of spray?”...

 Sermon for Milledgeville and Whitestown UMC Do What You Can ( Mark 14:1-10 )   She did what she could.  Mark 14:8a Tom Hanks is the rudest celebrity I have ever met I asked for an autograph and all he wrote was Thanks.   A celebrity, assassin, and activist walk into a bar. They stand beside each other and have a friendly conversation. Suddenly, the assassin takes a knife out and murders the celebrity. He dumps the celebrity in a nearby trash can. The activist turns red and screamed, “You bloody monster! You didn’t put them in the plastic section!”   Jesus was a celebrity. Can you imagine being in Jerusalem the day Jesus was greeted with such joy, admiration and hope as the crowds waved palm branches and shouted Hosanna? The people were longing for a deliverer. They were longing for an anointed king from the line of David, a godly man who would free Israel from oppression. They had heard of his healing miracles. He had amazed them by his author...

Sermon for Milledgeville and Whitestown UMC  The Light of the World ( John 8:1-59 )                                                “I am the light of the world.                                                 Whoever  follows me will never walk in darkness,                                                 but will have the light of life.” (John 8:12) After God created light, one of the angels asked him, "What are you going to do now?"   God said, "I think I'll call it a day."   How many psychiatrists does it take to change a light bulb? Just one, but the light has to really want to change.   ...