YES! We Are Able!
Text: Deuteronomy 8:11-18 and Mark 10:23-31 Last week, Pastor Lee from Women at the Well shared with us part of the story of the rich,…
Wheat & Tares
A Way Forward? 25-cent words
Texts: Philippians 4:8-9, Matthew 22:34-40 This past year as I taught confirmation, one of our lessons focused on how we are all theologians. I wrote…
Your Greater Purpose
Text: Isaiah 1:10-20 This morning’s scripture… wow. These are the words God speaks to the prophet Isaiah as he is called into service. This is…
Staying Awake
Scripture: Acts 2-:7-12 This afternoon, our Volunteers in Mission, VIM Team will head to Omaha. Maybe you could already see the sleeping bags, luggage and…
You Are Family
As a child, when I feel down and skinned my knee, there was nothing I wanted more than to be held in the arms of…
Do What Is Good
I think in many ways it is a cruel irony that as we begin our Lenten series on heroes that our first pop culture example…
Ashes and Prayers
A colleague, Elizabeth Dilley, shared the story of imposing ashes on the foreheads of children. As she made the sign of the cross on one…
The Wealth in our Wallets instead of the Well-being of the World
This afternoon I watched the United States join two nations… Syria and Nicaragua… in being the only three nations in the entire world that are…