Read: Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23 We use to sing a lot at Bible camp. I was a counselor at a camp for about 10 summers. This past week I took a bunch of my kids from the church where I am a pastor to camp for our yearly confirmation retreat. It brought back a lot of good...
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welcoming the stranger
Read: Matthew 28: 16-20 During my first year of seminary my field education assignment was to go to different churches throughout the year. Each church we would attend for four weeks and then we wrote a reflection about our experiences. We were assigned to go to...
praying for leaders [1 timothy 2:1-3]
No matter your political persuasion we can most likely agree on one thing - our world has a crisis of leadership. This crisis has affected all political parties, most companies, and even church leaders (which is not surprising anymore). These failed leaders impact...
commissioned to go
Read: Matthew 28:16-20 One of the first books I remember reading to my son after he was born was "Go Dogs Go." As he grew older, he began to pick out his own stories for bedtime and he would pick "Go Dogs Go" every night. At age 2 1/2 I thought my son was a genius...
who’s coming to dinner?
As a follow up to my last post (who attends your church?) we should also...
pentecost sunday
Read: Acts 2: 1-21 In most churches, for reasons partly liturgical and partly...
who attends your church?
In a recent conversation with a friend I heard of a man who was asked to leave...
the fireworks of God
Read: John 17:1-11 "In the beginning..." starts John's Gospel, "was the Word,...
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