I can’t imagine living such a blessed life and not having Someone to thank.
Matthew 2:7-12
January 1, 2012
Existentially satisfying
Something about today moves me to preach a different kind of sermon.  Maybe it’s New Year’s Day and the year ahead.  Maybe it’s the familiarity of the story we just read from Matthew 2.  Maybe it’s the time [...]

“The true light that gives light to everyone was coming into the world” (John).
John 1:6-9
Candlelighting Service, December 18, 2011
Assumptions
I might be the world’s worst when it comes to assumptions.  I told my wife Linda that what I wanted for Christmas was a good set of kitchen knives.  The idea came to me at Thanksgiving [...]

“God loved me enough to get involved.”  (Chuck Stirewalt)
Luke 2:8-20
December 11, 2011
Praying what I read
This Advent we have been learning some spiritual exercises from a 16th century Catholic saint named Ignatius.  Specifically we’re learning how to read the Bible prayerfully.  As a result we’ve been looking at the stories of Jesus’ birth with fresh eyes.

Life is just one…thing after another.”  (Elbert Hubbard)
Luke 2:1-7
December 4, 2011
The Ignatian Way
There are moments in life which prompt us all to realize how little we know, and how wrong have been our presumptions about others.  I’m experiencing one of those moments this fall while reading and following a book about Ignatian spirituality. Six weeks [...]

You will find Jesus in the Bible when you pay attention.
Matthew 2:1-6
November 27, 2011
Meditative reading
I’ve been learning new ways to read Scripture and pray its message. Perhaps I’ll share more detail in a future sermon, but I am more anxious to share these fresh angles on prayer and the Bible than I am to explain [...]