Yesterday morning, we focused on the story of Abraham and Isaac from Genesis 18.  By no means an easy story to deal with and there was far more that could have been said and questions wrestled with than we were able to have time to do yesterday morning. Several people asked me for some more [...]

As we shared this morning in worship, there are many ways to get into God’s Word on a regular basis. The first and most obvious is to just pick it up and read. Find a time in your day to consistently read. It might be early in the morning when you first get up, it [...]

This week we are going to be focusing on the “water” that nurtures our faith journeys. I’ll be focusing pretty heavily on our regular interactions with Scripture. We as Presbyterians do not have a very good reputation (sadly, but honestly) for knowing our Bibles very well. Rather than analyzing what has been, its vital to [...]

My friend Doug posted the following on facebook yesterday from John Wesley… Do all the good you can, By all the means you can, In all the ways you can, In all the places you can, At all the times you can, To all the people you can, As long as ever you can. This [...]

Wrestling with the focus Scripture for this coming Sunday.  We are picking up where we left off in John 6 and this week going with verses 51-61. This is an extremely difficult passage to deal with because of the language that Jesus uses. Here’s the text from The Message: I am the Bread—living Bread!—who came [...]

Just a quick post for this morning…several people have asked about the list of passages from Philippians that I shared in worship on Sunday and wondered if they could get a copy of the list for their own use.  So, here it is Philippians Key Verses You can also view the whole sermon below:

Tonight was book night around my house.  Finished two books…The Country Parson by George Herbert and The Furious Longing of God by Brennan Manning.  Before getting into a specific review of The Furious Longing, I do have to contrast the two books.  Herbert’s book was written in the 17th century and is a description of [...]

I had several people ask me after worship today about best steps to getting into the routine of daily Bible reading.  First answer is simply, just do it.  Just start picking up your Bible and start reading.  But for those MBTI J’s like me, a plan is often very helpful.  I have used the website [...]

This upcoming Sunday, we will be focusing on Jesus the healer and one of the scripture passages we will be using is Mark 5:25-34: Now there was a woman who had been suffering from hemorrhages for twelve years. 26She had endured much under many physicians, and had spent all that she had; and she was [...]

Several weeks ago, I posted about my friend Jeff’s 3 year old son Ben and his battle with cancer.  I received word today that Ben died early this morning.  There are no words to express the grief that Jeff and his family feel this day.  I simply offer a prayer and a psalm to mark [...]