This summer I preached a series called “Invited.” In the next 5 posts I will share my ideas concerning the…
Then the king will say to those at his right hand, ‘Come, you that are blessed by my Father, inherit…
Radical Hospitality at the Season of Throbbing Divisiveness and Holiday Lights I was asked to preach tomorrow about Radical Hospitality…
Mark 3:20-35 (NRSV) 20 and the crowd came together again, so that they could not even eat. 21 When his family heard it,…
36 While they were talking about this, Jesus himself stood among them and said to them, “Peace be with you.” 37 They were…
13 The Passover of the Jews was near, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. 14 In the temple he found people selling cattle,…
Isaiah 40:28-31 28 Have you not known? Have you not heard? The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of…
Mark 1:21-28 (NRSV) 21 They went to Capernaum; and when the sabbath came, he entered the synagogue and taught. 22 They were astounded…
After I read the story of Jonah bringing God’s message to Nineveh and the beginning of Jesus’ public ministry in…
The Pains of Parenthood (1 Samuel 3) Today I want to talk about Eli. This chapter reveals to us a…