The Prodigal Steward
This morning’s parable from the gospel of Luke is one of the toughest pieces of scripture in the whole Bible. Preachers all over the country…
Luke
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…
Preaching in an Empire…
Today, our conference “Thursday Memo for Preachers” came across my inbox. I’m usually challenged and inspired by Rev. Bill Cotton’s words – and today was…
The Gift of Self-Control
Story about sun exposure – how it takes effort and paying attention to keep yourself safe. If you aren’t focusing on the task at hand……
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 Kindness
On Monday, a young woman walked into the church and asked to use the telephone. Not a problem, I said. And while she sat in…
BE the church
This morning we find ourselves in the midst of a pretty familiar story. It is a story of contrasts… the holy man on one hand…