From Everywhere to Everywhere
My sermon from the Thanksgiving Ingathering on November 5 This quadrennium, I have the honor of serving on our General Board of Global Ministries: Tell about…
Kenotic Words
Claiming Our Inheritance
When I came home from our United Methodist General Conference in May, I shared with you these words: Over these last two weeks, we very…
Lots to Brag About
Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy wrote this letter of encouragement to people who desperately needed some good news, and my prayer for today is that the…
Rusty Leftovers
I want to start out this morning with a testimony… This is my experience and I hope and pray that my own story might somehow…
Salt and Light
Last week, I talked briefly about the root of the word, politics… how it refers to the city or the citizen… and how at its…
Fruit that Won’t Spoil
Since we are continuing this morning with the gospel of John this week and Jesus’ imagery of the vine, I thought I’d share with you…
The Sweetest Grapes are Closest to the Vine
This spring when I planted my garden, I included some pumpkins for my husband. Typically, I try to avoid plants with vines, because they tend…
Everyday, Ordinary Worship
It’s Sunday morning. According to the Pew Research Center, even though 77% of adults in Iowa claim the Christian faith, only 36% of those people…