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Wake Up!
For a fair portion of my life, I was not a morning person! Even now I suspect I am not a morning person though I get my most focused work...
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- Jul 22
We Need Each Other
When we read in Matthew about measuring our faith by how we treat the "least of these," those who are sick and imprisoned and hungry and...
- Jul 15
Life Isn't Either/Or
Busy? Martha gets that. This Sunday, we will look at Luke 10:38-42 and learn how Jesus' visit to Martha's home creates questions for her...
- Jul 9
Commandments
Presented with the commandments in Deuteronomy, the Israelites struggle to figure out if they can live into those commandments. The...
- Jul 1
Seeking Wholeness
The prophet Elisha has taken over in the work of Elijah. A request for healing comes to the king of Israel form a rival king and leads to...
- Jun 23
The Prophet's Apprentice: Elisha
Sometimes in the Hebrew Bible, prophets arise independently, called out by God alone. Sometimes there is a passing along of the prophetic...
- Jun 17
Runaway Prophet
At the height of his work, Elijah runs away into the desert. Sometimes I think I understand where he was coming from. He had given his...
- Jun 9
"Get Up;Jesus is Calling You."
Sunday we are exploring Jesus' transition from daily ministry to Jerusalem. While the transition itself is important, on the way out of...
- Jun 3
Spirit Connection
This Sunday is a day in the church year called Pentecost, a day to celebrate when the “church” became the church with an outpouring of...
- May 28
Finding Hope in a Stressed Out World
This Sunday is Ascension Sunday in which Jesus was carried up into heaven. And this week we were reminded again of the tragic pain and...
- May 19
The Journey Home
In John 14, Jesus describes the Holy Spirit being with us. This presence of God in our lives is key to that relationship. This happens,...
- May 12
You Be You
In the end of John's gospel, Simon becomes concerned about the disciple Jesus loved. Jesus tells him not to worry about the "beloved...
- May 5
More than These
After breakfast on the beach with Jesus, Simon has a conversation where Jesus asks him about love. "Do you love me more than these?" Why...
- Apr 28
A Beach Breakfast
Jesus appears to the disciples several times, first to Mary in the garden, then to most of the guys that evening, and then a week later...
- Apr 21
Without a Doubt
Is there is such thing as having no doubts? We have a person in Thomas who has been caricatured as "the Doubter." I was raised...
- Apr 14
New Life is Catching
Easter is a central celebration in our life together as Christians. #Death does not get the final word. Still there is no new life...
- Apr 14
Good Friday
Good Friday is perhaps the least "joyful" of the Christian holy-days. Still, it's vital. As we head into the last days before Easter,...
- Apr 7
Judgement Seat
I often find myself in the seat of judgment, quickly dispensing my own determinations about what is right and wrong with the world and...
- Mar 31
Dismal Fasting
We rarely talk about fasting. I hear about fasting and cleansing among folks interested in their health and not-so-much in church. The...
- Mar 24
Open and Pour: Prayer
"Show up for prayer; don't make a show out of prayer." Over the years, I have talked about and practiced prayer a lot (sometimes more of...