Against the Wind . . .

by | Mar 15, 2010 | Uncategorized

. . . I’m older now but not Bob Seger Okay . . . you are going to have to forgive me here. I know that we are all in different times and seasons of our lives but I am wired today. It’s not coffee. I am sitting at the kitchen table trying to get a message for...

A Bigger Question is a Better Answer

by | Feb 28, 2010 | Spiritual

“What if he did this to make the riches of his glory known to the objects of his mercy, whom he prepared in advance for glory . . . ?” Good question.  It’s one that Paul asks in Romans 9:23. It is really a question offered as an answer.  Jesus was a Master at this. ...

Same Old Same Old

by | Feb 13, 2010 | Spiritual

A single point of a solitary 20 year-old sermon stays with me to this day. Mike was a missionary serving in New Guinea, observing from a background in communication and cultural anthropology, that the message that is the most predictable has the least impact and the...

Labor Day Ramblings

by | Sep 5, 2009 | Spiritual

Labor Day Weekend . . . if I wasn’t the pastor I am not sure that I would go to church tomorrow. I suspect by now that I would be wherever people go on these long weekends.  That’s sort of like the missing sock and the dryer.  You know you put two socks in . . . but...