The song, of course, is “Love and Marriage”  written by Sammy Cahn and performed by Frank Sinatra in 1955, but the music has been used for a number of television commercials through the years including Ban brand roll-on antiperspirant, Duncan Hines Chocolate Chip cookies, Campbells Soup and Kellogg's Fruit 'n Fibre breakfast cereal.  Who would…

By now you have figured out the song is “Love and Marriage” and it was first recorded by Frank Sinatra in 1955.  But that wasn’t the only time it was recorded.  Sinatra recorded it again on a different label and it has been covered by Peggy Lee, Dinah Shore, Bing Crosby and in 2010 it…

“Love and Marriage, Love and Marriage, go together like a horse and carriage.”   The song was written by Sammy Cahn in 1955 and recorded by Frank Sinatra.  It was originally used the 1955 television production of Thornton Wilder's “Our Town”.  Which happens to be the first High School Drama I was in, not the…

Some of you are old enough that you recognize the music as the Frank Sinatra song, “Love and Marriage”.  Others who are a little younger simply recognize it as the theme from “Married with Children”, that’s how I think of it.   For those who aren’t familiar, “Married with Children” was a sitcom that aired…

Nobody had expected this.   It was only two days ago that the people of Jerusalem had watched as Jesus had been crucified as a heretic and a traitor to Rome.   For three years Jesus had travelled throughout Israel.  Preaching, teaching, healing the sick and feeding the hungry.  He had quieted storms and cast…

Nobody had expected this.   It was only five days ago that the people of Jerusalem had welcomed Jesus as their Messiah.   For three years Jesus had travelled throughout Israel.  Preaching, teaching, healing the sick and feeding the hungry.  He had quieted storms and cast out demons.  During that time, he had won the…

Everyone enjoys being recognized for the good they have accomplished even if they do the “No really, you don’t have to” thing.  They enjoy being thanked and acknowledged for what they’ve done, maybe not publically but people want to know they have made a difference in their world.  The scripture that dearest to the heart…

When people talk about their giving you will often hear them speak about giving to the church or giving to God and sometimes about their gift to Jesus.  And those are all valid expressions.  I do feel that we give to God through the church and that our giving is an expression of love and…

If there's anything more annoying than a preacher who is always bringing money into the mix, it's one who sneaks money into his messages. One minute he's talking about love and prayer and then wham the next minute he's talking about what people give and don't give and then he has the audacity to draw…

Things change, they don’t always stay the same.  And today you are part of change.  For sixteen years April has been “Stewardship Emphasize” month at Cornerstone, or as many like to call it “Money Month.” And you may have noticed that this isn’t April, it’s March and yet here Denn is getting ready to talk…