If Nahum can believe God is just and good, he’s my favorite prophet.
Nahum 1:2-11
October 18, 2009
Bad memories
Perhaps today’s sermon title brings to your mind some personal experiences and stories.  It does for me.
My elementary school years I attended a boarding school, far away from my parents.  I don’t remember a lot of details, but I [...]

Stop thinking what God wants of you is more of what you’re already doing.
Micah 6:1-8
October 11, 2009
A parable
Crystal was 25 years old when she took the reins of a large company after the death of both her parents in an automobile accident.  An only child, Crystal had been groomed by her father for business, and [...]

 We are always dealing with God.  (Eugene Peterson)
Text: Joel 2:25-32
Date: October 4, 2009
Dark days
Last Sunday as one of our members was leaving the 8:30 service, he greeted me and said solemnly, “Pastor, these are dark days.  We need to pray for our country.” 
Shortly after church on Sunday, Paul Cummings called with the news that [...]

The antidote to pride is service.
Text:  Obadiah 1-21
Date:  September 27, 2009
A dictionary problem (Genesis 25:19-34)
Today’s sermon is titled, “The Problem with Pride.”  It should probably be “the problems with pride.”  There are many.

Amos 7:11-17, September 20, 2009
“Prophets challenge what everyone else assumes is true and right.”
Prophet stories
One of the surprising rediscoveries I’ve made as we study the minor prophets (the final twelve books in the Old Testament) this fall is that these people don’t just tell stories – they are stories.  The prophets themselves are individuals whose [...]