22 May, 2023
So, we continue our series on The Nameless in the Gospels with a story that involves three nameless travelers in Luke 9. In this story, we have three interactions between Jesus and some travelers. The first traveler says “I’ll follow you...
15 May, 2023
In our continuing journey with the nameless characters in the gospels, we find ourselves with a very special mother on Mother’s Day. Known only as the Canaanite woman, she stands as a symbol and example for mothers and parents everywhere, even...
08 May, 2023
Taken at face value, the story in John 9 is simply about Jesus healing a blind person, who, by the way, wasn’t born blind because of anything they or their parents did. Clearly, that must’ve been a “thing” back then. To tackle this story at a...
01 May, 2023
(Sermon Series: The Nameless in the Gospels 2/6) I wonder what your first gut reaction is to the story of the widow's mite (Mark 12:41-44), where the poor widow has just given her last two coins to the temple. Personally, I'm a little appalled...
24 Apr, 2023
(Sermon Series: The Nameless in the Gospels 1/6) There are many stories in the Gospels that include people who are never named. For six weeks we'll be delving deeper into a few of these characters (excluding the parables) to see how they might...
17 Apr, 2023
Easter is sometimes mistaken as a one-day event, whereas Easter is really an experience we can cultivate and live every day. To live as Easter People is to believe in resurrection, to believe that there is life after every death – large and...
10 Apr, 2023
I’ve stopped trying to figure out what happened on Easter and in the days that followed. No matter what we believe, we don’t really have the answer. But there are many mysteries in the world that we don’t have answers to. I have heard many...
03 Apr, 2023
For some of you what I’m about to share is “old hat” but for some of you this may be brand new information. You see, it’s hard to fully appreciate and comprehend the events and impact of what we now call Palm Sunday without understanding the...
27 Mar, 2023
So, I do believe that the deepest, most profound healing we can experience is that of healing our hearts and souls. Over the course of the last few weeks we’ve talked about intentionally staying in aliveness, intentionally making mistakes and...
20 Mar, 2023
In Mark 6:45-52, the author tells a wonderful story about Jesus walking across the water and subsequently calming the wind. Now, we know that people can’t walk on water, and certainly not in the midst of a strong wind and raging waves. Hence,...