sermons Winter is Coming 20 Sep 2020 Winter is coming. Temperatures are falling, leaves are just starting to change colors; we can all feel instinctually the changing of the seasons. One day, not so far from now,…
sermons Are We Living in the End Times? 13 Sep 2020September 13, 2020 Near the Mukhpari peak, a few rounds were fired across the LAC, the Line of Actual Control. These are the first shots fired in forty-five years and represent just the…
sermons Eat, Drink, and Be Merry 6 Sep 2020September 3, 2020 On a beautiful, sunny, afternoon on a beach vacation a few years ago, I noticed some kids, about twelve, skim boarding. That’s where you throw a small surf board looking…
sermons Be a Rebel 30 Aug 2020August 26, 2020 In the House of Commons, Winston Churchill was presiding as Prime Minister one day. In the course of raucous debate, the kind the Commons is famous for having, Winston Churchill…
sermons Why, God, Are You Unfair? 23 Aug 2020August 20, 2020 At Vineville, several years ago, a little girl came down to take communion along with everyone else. When the little girl reached the pastor holding the cup, she looked up…
sermons Why Are We So Unhappy? 16 Aug 2020August 12, 2020 I love technology, especially apple products. In our household, we have multiple iPhones, iPads, apple tvs, AirPods, a MacBook and an iMac. And I’m probably leaving something out. When Apple…
sermons Rooted 9 Aug 2020August 5, 2020 Dana says I have a party trick. If we’re ever at a party and she needs an icebreaker or just for fun, she tells people “name any year in American…
sermons Love Like a Lawyer 26 Jul 2020July 22, 2020 Weeks ago, back when protesting was about personal liberty and protesters were at state capitals, I saw a picture of a protest inside the Michigan state capitol building. Inside was…
sermons Neighborly Arguments 19 Jul 2020July 15, 2020 Abraham Lincoln was pithy. Many of his quotes sound like they could have been lifted straight out of Proverbs. Some, in fact, were! One stood out to me as I…
sermons Love Your Neighbor, Heal the World 12 Jul 2020July 9, 2020 My alma mater, James Madison University, voted this past week to rename three of its buildings. For now, those buildings will carry temporary designations. The vote was simply to remove…
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…
