God Loves Sinners
I am a person who does not get lost. Never in my life can I remember a time when I didn’t know where I was…
Jesus Christ
Postmodern Church and the Farmlands of Iowa… Part 2
So, the first thing I want to tackle is some semblance of a definition. What on earth are we talking about when we say “postmodern”…
Are Ye Able?
I have just two simple questions for us to wrestle with this morning… First – what do you want? And second – are you willing…
Peace without Surrender
I was driving around this afternoon and caught a segment from BBC World News on the radio. It was a story about how the peace…
The Gift of Gentleness
What is meekness? Gentleness? The opposite of gentleness is seen in both of our readings today… First, from the book of Kings: 1. Elisha is a…
The Gift of Peace
How many of you watched the world cup this year? How many of you know what a vuvuzula is? To roughly describe it, a vuvuzula…
Already/Not Yet
Every Friday night we have dinner with the family – as we all set the table and prepare for everyone to come to the table…
“this beautiful mess” part 1
I have been trying to read more. There are far too many books on my shelf – delicious books – just waiting to be picked…