Discerning Action and Rest

Discerning Action and Rest

Today’s Sermon focus There is a time for action and a time for rest. We need to discern the difference.  I’ve been haunted by a particular scene in an old TV show for the past 25ish years. It was back when Martha Stewart was getting really big. The empire of...
Drawing Near

Drawing Near

Today’s Sermon focus We serve the world when we serve those with the wounds we know.  He Nate and I lost someone very dear to both of us this past week. We both met Greg independently of one another. Greg was Nate’s first patient at an outpatient orthopedic...
What Yoda Said

What Yoda Said

When I had a café, I used to employ a lot of young folks. Some of them were incredibly hard workers. Others of them, perhaps less so. But that’s OK because that’s what food service does for you. It teaches you to work hard, help one another, and take pride in your...
Love Is Specific

Love Is Specific

I met the sweetest, young couple on the plane to Atlanta. I don’t normally strike up conversations on the plane, because this is sacred time to be without phone service, internet, or screen time. I just read or sleep and it’s wonderful! However, I did get to talking...
Opening the Cage Door

Opening the Cage Door

Today’s Sermon focus The gift of Easter is the clicking open of the cage. The journey out can still be unsettling. Who loves doing new things? How about learning new things? What’s a new thing you just learned to do? Remember in your mind’s eye, what it was like...
Hope of Palm Sunday

Hope of Palm Sunday

Today’s Sermon focus Are we the people we are waiting for? Why were the people so excited to celebrate Jesus’ entry into Jerusalem? After three years of ministry of healing, forgiveness, inclusion, and community building, I imagine people had fallen in love with...