Sing! Play! Summer! – Hymn of Promise / In the Garden
Text: Isaiah 46:8-13 I’m just going to say it out loud… these have been some difficult weeks we have shared together: The loss and grief…
death
This is Love: Love that Conquers Death
Text: Song of Songs: 8:6-7, Luke 24:1-10 In the sensual poetry of the Song of Songs, we hear the tale of a young couple madly…
The Wilderness: Can These Bones Live?
Yesterday was my Sabbath day. I wore pajamas all day long. I curled up in a chair and played video games. I watched five episodes…
Go Back Home
Christ is risen! He is risen indeed! Christ is risen! He is risen indeed! When those women showed up at the tomb on Easter morning,…
The Beginning in the End
We spend so much of our lives looking for a savior. In the book of Judges, chapter 3 – the Israelites cry out for a…
God Prepares a Feast
How many of you ate too much this holiday season? How many of you ate just enough? You know, the thing about family gatherings, celebrations,…
Practicing Our Religion in Public
By some accounts, yesterday morning I did exactly the opposite of what Jesus tells us in Matthew. Some of us gathered at a local coffee…
Awaiting the Already: The Promise of a New Dawn
Have you ever sat and watched the sunrise? The hints of purple… turning pink… and then neon orange as the sun peeks over the horizon….