Faith Explorations
Getting Beyond Ourselves
Today's Sermon focus Empathy is the path of love and getting beyond ourselves, not a sin. Recently, I was engaged in highly risky behavior. I was spending time online, ingesting people’s opinions on this, that, and the other thing. Dangerous, I know! It’s what the...
Jesus’ Rules
Today's Sermon focus Which rules are we playing by? God's or ours? It makes all the difference.Nate and I have a long history of being very annoying board game players because we tend to not play by the rules. This drives serious board game players nuts. For example,...
God’s Goodness is Unlimited
Today's Sermon focus At the wedding of Cana, all the good planning still comes up short. But when it comes to God, the goodness is unlimited. Lots of folks have great experiences at summer camps. People make life-long friends, learn lots of new things like canoeing...
What Baptism is About
Today's Sermon focus Why should we be remembering our baptisms daily? There really is a good reason.It has to do with wolves...What would you say if I asked you to tell me about your baptism? Would you have an answer to that? What would you say if I asked you about...
God’s Word Made Flesh
As most of you know, my stepdad died right before Thanksgiving this year and I’m just returning from being with my family for the funeral. The time together was hard, but also very enriching. Lots of good conversations and stories. I don’t need to tell those of you...
The Good News of Christmas
Today's Sermon focus Harmony in our voices is powerful and inclusiveLike a few number of you I’m guessing, I watched the Charlie Brown Christmas special again this year. The best part of the whole wonderful thing is when Charlie Brown has finally had enough of...
Being Open to Christ
Today's Sermon focus Christ is always turning up where we least expect and sometimes least wantOne of the greatest Christmas movies of all time (imho) is “A Christmas Story.” It’s about a boy in 1939 who desperately wanted a Red Ryder BB gun. To him, this is the thing...
Malarkey!
Today's Sermon focus We believe our own malarkey and we can cut it out in preparation for the coming of the Lord.A friend of mine recently told me about an amazing experience of hearing God talk to them in prayer. She heard a voice which was not hers and she knew it...
Christ the King
We tend to think we know what kingship is and what dominion means. It means obedience and following the rules, if you’re not the king. If you are the king, it means being the source of all the answers and decisions. It means control. No one expects humility or...
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