Midweek Service: Freely Gifted, Freely Given

We are on vacation with family and friends for the next 3 Wednesdays, so these archived sermon posts will be coming to you from the gloriously beautiful island of Kauai. As I see the date on this … Read more...

“Activist Faith” – a Book Review

  "Being an everyday activist doesn’t mean you need to quit your job, sell all your possessions, and move to a Third World country to feed starving children. In fact, one might even argue that … Read more...

Midweek Service: Marketplace Mentality?

The summer series called Midweek Service continues this week with a sermon from John 2, a powerful story that shakes us where we live . . . if we let it: Marketplace Mentality? John 2:13-24 The … Read more...

5 Minute Friday: Beautiful

Joining with Lisa-Jo Baker and the crew once again to write for 5minutes without editing on a prompt. You really should check out the wide variety of responses to these weekly invitations -- truly … Read more...

Toward A More Perfect Union — A Deeper Family

It's the first Thursday of the month! And that means I'm writing over at A Deeper Family today. It's also our national birthday - the Fourth of July - so here is a picture of some fireworks we enjoyed … Read more...

Midweek Service: Written On Our Hearts

This summer series of long-ago sermons continues with one from Lent in the year 2003 - a full decade ago. We had a different Senior Pastor then and were facing into different life events as a … Read more...

5 Minute Friday: In Between

It's that time again -- linking up with Lisa-Jo Baker and her incredible blogging community to write for 5 minutes, without editing. It's always intriguing to see what comes when you let the fingers … Read more...

Midweek Service: An Old Advent Sermon — Let Every Heart Prepare Him Room

This sermon was preached 11 years ago as part of a series on creating 'margin' in our lives. Three of us preached in this series -- on economics, relationships, time. And when my turn came, the topic … Read more...

5 Minute Friday — Rhythm

It's been a while. Lisa-Jo's got such a good thing going with these Friday prompts and I'm trying to make room for doing them more and more often. If you hop over to her blog, you'll see lots of … Read more...