Nehemiah: Renewing Our Commitment
Text: Nehemiah 8:5-10; 9:1-3, 38; 10:28-29 Last week, we talked about some of the opposition that the builders and Nehemiah faced while building the wall. …
identity
Follow the Star: Identity
Text: Mark 1:4-11 Last week, we invited you to follow the star of the Magi… Not the one in the sky, but the one in…
A Way Forward? Fixed And Free
The United Methodist Church is at a crossroads. On the one hand, we do incredible work together because of our connection across the globe. Missionaries…
Who Is Included in We?
Everyone loves a hometown hero… The kid who excelled at sports or music or science and then went away to accomplish their dreams. When they…
something to identify as
I heard a song on the radio this evening by Patrick Stump featuring Lupe Fiasco called, “This City.” It’s a new single, it has an…
do I look/act like a pastor?
Today, a young man wandered into our church building and needed a place to sit for a while. He looked like he was having a…
Who, Me?
As we start off this morning, I want you to find a blank corner of your bulletin or the hymn sheet and scriptures, and I…
Ezra and Nehemiah… rewriting history
In my local emergent cohort, we have been reading Phyllis Tickle’s Prayer Is a Place: America’s Religious Landscape Observed. As this book has been in…