25 Sep, 2023
When I hear the word crossroads the first thing that comes to mind is the old legend about making a deal with the devil at the crossroads. Anyone remember the movie Crossroads with Ralph Macchio (better known as the Karate Kid)? It’s about an...
18 Sep, 2023
Deuteronomy 29 and 30 was written as Moses’ farewell address to the people, but it wasn’t written by Moses. It was written in the 6 th century after the Jews had suffered greatly at the hands of the Babylonians. The first temple in Jerusalem...
11 Sep, 2023
Ilia Delio, in her book, The Hours of the Universe" says: God is doing new things through us; we are the new creation in process. This is what we felt at the beginning of Sacred Journeys. The leading of the Spirit to do something new. Twelve...
28 Aug, 2023
Taking on Jesus’ vision was a bit like trying to put a whole watermelon in my mouth – perhaps a teensy bit bigger a task than can be truly handled in 20 minutes or so. Still, I gave it a try, using Matthew 28, known as The Great Commission, as...
21 Aug, 2023
Yesterday I began this message on "A People of Vision" with a short, guided imagery (compliments of Rev. Tim Kutzmark in the Soul Matters resource) Imagine, if you will, the ocean. Picture the ocean in your mind’s eye. Imagine the expanse,...
14 Aug, 2023
I’m fairly convinced that most people go through life without thinking too deeply about it. Nor do they think too deeply about what they say, how they say it, or what they do. I believe most folks simply react to what is going on in their lives...
01 Aug, 2023
Jesus was the perfect example of someone who walked through life faithing . Faithing is not about what we believe, but about living with openness and flexibility, trusting in mystery and goodness. Faithing is about continuing forward even when...
26 Jul, 2023
Think of it as pure joy, my sisters and brothers, whenever you face trials of any sort. You understand that your faith is put to the test only to make you patient, but patience too has its practical results – it’s to make you fully mature and...
17 Jul, 2023
Six weeks or so ago I sketched out my sermon topics through the end of the year. Frankly, I was pretty proud of myself. And I thought the series on “resistance” went fairly well, if I do say so myself. But I’ve been dreading this series on...
10 Jul, 2023
We’ve talked about the Spirituality of Resistance for three weeks now: Resisting Personal Bias, The Power of Resisting Together, and Counter-Cultural Resistance. Because we can find ourselves overwhelmed by the magnitude of things that need to...