sermons PLan B 5 Jul 2020July 1, 2020 Harry Truman didn’t care at all about his legacy. On January 21, 1953, he returned to Independence, Missouri, and retired to his home. Residents would see him walking, walking stick…
sermons God is 29 Jun 2020 Just a few nights ago, Jackson, Carter, and I went out star hunting. That’s something we love to do: go and find a great view of the night sky with…
sermons And God’s Banner Over Me Is Love | Non-Transactional Relationships 21 Jun 2020June 29, 2020 My old neighborhood in Cartersville was one of those covenant neighborhoods. We owed $400 per year to the neighborhood association. For those dues, we received access to three pools, a…
sermons Active Listening to God 14 Jun 2020June 12, 2020 Listening is powerful. I was unaware of that for much of my life. I wanted to talk, I wanted to tell people what was what. I approached counseling that way.…
sermons Where do We Begin? 7 Jun 2020June 6, 2020 Where do we begin? Today, the news is heartbreaking. Violence has erupted in our streets. This is the worst civil unrest our country has known since the summer of 1968.…
sermons Gifted Spiritually 31 May 2020May 26, 2020 Over Memorial Day weekend, we built Jackson and Carter a treehouse. Jack has been asking for one for four years. When he first asked, I knew we were moving from…
sermons Never Alone 24 May 2020May 18, 2020 One of my first conscious memories is a song, Stand By Me, by Ben E. King. I’m not sure why that particular song, I’m not sure where I picked it…
sermons To an Unknown God 17 May 2020May 15, 2020 In seminary, I took a brilliant class on the Old Testament. The professor was comparing and contrasting the enlightenment idea of a nation-state with ancient Israel’s self-conception. It was highly…
sermons What’s Next? 10 May 2020May 7, 2020 I discovered the West Wing later in life, several years after it had ceased airing new episodes. I binged it while in graduate school at James Madison University. While studying…
sermons Where Do You See the Light? 3 May 2020May 3, 2020 This is the week the quarantine ate our family. I can’t really explain why. For six weeks, we did okay. Dana and I both had hard moments of stress, concerned…
sermons Whatever you do, Do it in Love | April 26, 2020 26 Apr 2020April 26, 2020 Link to take survey stating your family's plan to practice sabbath: Click here A pillar of his community. That’s how a young man described himself. In the 1960s in Italy,…
sermons On Demand Lifestyles | April 19, 2020 19 Apr 2020April 20, 2020 Last week, I sent out a survey. I’m grateful to all of you who responded! You’re helping with my doctoral project but also helping me understand how we’re all faring…
News… Short Survey for Ted’s Doctoral Project 14 Apr 2020April 14, 2020 Several of you have noted to me how ironic it was that, the last Sunday we met together in person, I preached about spending more time with family. We all…
sermons Radical Forgiveness | Easter Sunday, April 12, 2020 12 Apr 2020March 31, 2020 Today is one of those wonderful family days. Even with our quarantined state, I’m sure we’re all finding ways to be with family today. Maybe FaceTime, maybe Zoom, maybe phone…
sermons Powerful Awe | Palm Sunday, April 5, 2020 5 Apr 2020April 2, 2020 Recently, a headline appeared in my newsfeed: “How Beauty is Making Scientists Rethink Evolution.” The tag line explained, “The extravagant splendor of the animal kingdom can’t be explained by natural…
sermons The Fertile Soil of Doubt 29 Mar 2020March 26, 2020 It’s the question all teenagers dread as they come home. I certainly heard my fair share of it, especially before the advent of cell phones. If the bus got in…
sermons Yet, I am not Silenced! | March 22, 2020 22 Mar 2020March 22, 2020 The darkness settled in. All around, snow fell, in an increasingly heavy way. I had never experienced anything quite like this. The darkness was total. Ahead, only several yards, I…
sermons Building Godly Families | March 8, 2020 8 Mar 2020March 8, 2020 Think back in your memory to those lazy Sunday afternoons of your childhood. Maybe you remember hanging out with family, a meal at a grandparent’s house perhaps. Maybe you remember…
