As with most preachers, I had a dilemma on Sunday: preach the planned sermon or, in light of Baton Rouge, St. Paul, and Dallas, do something much different and focus on this national moment. I ended up doing some of both. After our Crash Test Dummies bumper played, I pointed out that we as a Read the full article…
I received this email on Friday morning, July 8 and considered sharing it with the congregation yesterday. Ultimately, I opted not to. Perhaps the written form is better. (My regular sermon rewind post will appear on Tuesday.) On this day when my heart is so very full from sorrow, grief, confusion, frustration and even Read the full article…
Here was the GS Feed from this past Sunday . . . So, am I funding my own insurrection? Or is something more beautifully benign at work? I report, you decide.
I bet this happens in your life because I know it happens in mine. Somewhere in your house—or your workplace, or your car—stuff collects. For me, it’s the garage. Things just seem to collect in my garage. And in my case the “stuff” is usually little slips of paper: receipts, notes, or cards that somehow Read the full article…
I felt so good about Sunday’s sermon that I considered giving it on a Sunday other than the 4th of July weekend. But then I realized that God knows what he is doing, and that he would ensure those who needed the message the most would experience with clarity. So I prayed that a) people Read the full article…
