Be Still
Another week, another disaster. This week, it was human-made as 59 people were killed and nearly 500 injured in Las Vegas. As I’ve observed before, we are so creative in […]
Worship in Spirit and Truth :: World Communion Sunday
This Sunday is World Communion Sunday: a day on which the Church around the world celebrates our communion with Christ and one another. This communion liturgy is based on John […]
What’s my Gospel?
I am in the midst of preparing a devotional resource for my congregation for our next sermon series: W.O.R.S.H.I.P. Over the course of seven week, we will be looking at […]
Let Love Win
O Lord, our Rock and our Refuge in times of trouble, there is indeed a longing in our hearts for you. The brokenness of the world seems to have run […]
Finding Joy
I have said these things to you so that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be complete. – John 14:11 (NRSV) So my baby boy […]
Paying it Parallel
“I give you a new commandment: Love each other. Just as I have loved you, so you also must love each other. This is how everyone will know that you […]
Esther and Human Trafficking :: We Lift our Eyes
So when the king’s order and his edict were proclaimed, and when many young women were gathered in the citadel of Susa in custody of Hegai, Esther also was taken […]
This Great Commission
Today Youngest was confirmed, making a public profession of faith as he reaffirmed the baptismal covenant. This is my charge to the confirmands. Now the eleven disciples went to Galilee, […]
Christ has Risen!
Tending to the Lord
Since it was late in the afternoon on Preparation Day, just before the Sabbath, Joseph from Arimathea dared to approach Pilate and ask for Jesus’ body. (Joseph was a prominent […]
