On Choosing the Golden Calf or the Lamb
“When the people saw that Moses delayed to come down from the mountain, the people gathered around Aaron, and said to him, “Come, make gods for us, who shall go before us; as for this
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What is Our Path Forward?
A Message for Deep River Friends in the Occasion of their “Founders Day Celebration” and honoring their 270th year as a meeting. November 10, 2024 In John 15 Jesus says: John 15:12 “This is
New Life After Loss (John 21:1-12)
This is a portion of the message that I gave on resurrection Sunday, April 5, 2015 We have been reflecting on the theme of transformation this year, because as the elders spent time praying for
The Maze Dull Truth (Mark 1:21-28)
Expectations and Maze Dull Rats Robert Rosenthal was a psychologist who is famous for his experiment with rats in a maze. The experiment looked at “expectancy effects” and how our expectations have a direct effect
On Being Exiled, Trains and Belonging
This is my sermon from this past Sunday: “I will bring them out from the peoples and gather them from the countries, and will bring them into their own land; and I will feed them
On Not Locking Anyone Out – Matthew 25:1-13
“Then the kingdom of heaven will be like this. Ten bridesmaids took their lamps and went to meet the bridegroom. Five of them were foolish, and five were wise. When the foolish took their lamps,
Learning to Say Farewell
Finally, my brothers and sisters, farewell in the Lord. The letter to the Church in Philippi reflects Paul’s own uncertainty about his life and what I think is his own trying to prepare his
The Cockeyed Poem on the Plain (based on the Sermon on the Plain Lk. 6)
Here’s my own take, a remix if you will, of some of the things going on in the Gospel of Luke and Jesus’ Sermon on the Plain (Luke 6:20-49). This is a new
Digging Up the Roof: The Kingdom Moment and the Paralytic in Mark 2:1-12
This is the sermon I gave this past Sunday on Mark’s story about Jesus and the paralytic. When he returned to Capernaum after some days, it was reported that he was at home. So