A City of Idols
Text: Acts 17:16-32 When I lived in Nashville for seminary, my house just around the corner from Centennial Park. In 1897, to celebrate one hundred…
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The Wilderness: Gotta Serve Somebody
Text: Exodus 32:1-4, Matthew 4:8-9 Before we get started today, I want to invite you take just a minute of silent reflection. Somewhere, on your…
The Wilderness: Trust and Manna
Text: Exodus 16:1-8, Matthew 4:2-4, Deuteronomy 8:1-8 This week, as we continue our journey in the wilderness, we come to the first of three temptation…
The Wilderness: Learning to Lean on the Lord
Text: Exodus 15:22-27, Luke 3:21-22, 4:1-2a, 4:14-15 This year, we are taking a journey through the wilderness during the season of Lent. Most years, we…
Breaking the Rules
As children, our understanding of right and wrong, good and bad, and the direction of our moral compass is shaped by our parents, grandparents, aunts,…
Spirit of Self-Control
Many of you know that I spent some time this spring focusing on my health. I joined a gym, worked out five times a week,…
Returning from Thin Places
There are places in this world that are “thin.” It is a label given to places, in the Celtic understanding, where the barrier between the…
Going All In
…many of us are like this dimmer switch up here. We waver in how much light we let out into the world. Our lights are…