The Church: It Is What It Becomes
On Sunday August 16 I was set to preach at HIEC when something else came up…you might could say something else became. Geneva Ruth Case arrived at 4:27am on Sunday. My colleague Buddy Crawford did a...
View ArticleChristianity in America: When Winning Means Losing
Okay, okay, okay, we get it: church attendance is declining in America. Millennials are leaving the church in droves. Boomers find the paradox of their liberal lifestyles and their...
View ArticleSurprise Companion
We all have companions who travel with us. Most of the time, we see them, we experience them, we hear them, we thank them. But sometimes we discover someone new along way and it changes how we see...
View ArticleGo, Look Among the People
Go, Look Among the People! Christmas Day Sermon 2015 Holy Innocents’ Episcopal Church Recently, Gav and I began to play a little Advent game together. A game of hide-and-go-find Jesus. It has become...
View Article2016: The Year of We > Me
2016- The Year of the WE>Me Second Sunday After Christmas Holy Innocents’ Episcopal Church January 3, 2016 Well, the new year is here. Have you made your commitments? Have you decided on your...
View ArticleA Sermon: Become a Prophet, Not a King
Below you will find my most recent sermon text. Fodder included the following texts: 2 Kings 4:42-44; Ephesians 3:14-21; John 6:1-21. “Six months wages would not have been enough.”...
View ArticleI said Yes! Now, I’m burying children.
Long before writing my most recent article on Pokemon Go and the gospeled challenge of Christianity to augment our way of seeing and being in the world, I said yes. It wasn’t a game of strategy. It...
View ArticleA Sermon: Jesus and the Gospel of Interdependence: Let Your Hearts Be Moved!
Below are my sermon notes from a sermon preached on 7/3/16. You can listen and/or watch the sermon here. As with most of my sermons, there are points of divergence from the notes and the delivery....
View ArticleA Sermon: Baptism, Belovedness, and Call
Below are my sermon notes from a sermon preached on 1/8/17. You can listen and/or watch the sermon here. As with most of my sermons, there are points of divergence from the notes and the delivery....
View ArticleThe Connection We Seek
Recently, while snapping a picture of the icons I use for prayer, my phone began searching. When snapping the photo of my Root of Jessie icon, the facial recognition part of my phone kicked in. It was...
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