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Lenten reflection on a life verse
For Sunday, February 21, 2016 2nd Sunday in Lent “He has told you, O man, what is good; And what does the LORD require of you But to do justice, to love kindness, And to walk humbly with your God?”...
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Navigating hostility: the prophetic edge
Luke 10:1 – 20 For Sunday, July 3, 2016 (Proper 9) What are we to do as Christians if our message is met with hostility? Luke 10:1 – 20 shows us how to navigate such situations with both integrity and...
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People of destiny
Jeremiah 1:4-10 For Sunday, August 21, 2016 Year C, Proper 16 What difference can I possibly make in the world? In our weaker moments all of us ourselves this. The answer is every difference, if we...
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The Ultimate Contrarian
“Device to Root Out Evil”, Dennis Oppenheim, 1938 – 2011, Vancouver, Canada. Jeremiah 32:1-15 For Sunday, September 25, 2016 Year C, Proper 21 I’m back this week with my good friend Jeremiah. I just...
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A call for expository preaching
“Baptism of Christ“, mid 12th century Cappella Palatina di Palermo, Palermo, Italy. When we read God’s word, or preach and teach it, it’s important that we come to own what we’re reading, and that our...
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All God wants
Micah 6:1-8 For Sunday, January 29, 2017 Fourth Sunday After Epiphany All God wants is that we open our hearts to the amazing love he lavishes upon us. Micah 6:1-8 is an invitation to do just this....
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It All Belongs To You
1 Corinthians 3:10-23 For Sunday, February 19, 2017 Seventh Sunday After Epiphany, Year A In a well-intentioned desire reach people we put great effort into making our ministries attractive. Yet in so...
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I Was There
2 Peter 1:16-21 For Sunday, February 26, 2017 Transfiguration Sunday, Year A Following Christ well means giving special consideration to those predecessors who were there from the beginning. We have...
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Cattywampus
Psalm 32 For Sunday, March 5, 2017 First Sunday in Lent Left untended our lives have a tendency to go cattywampus. Psalm 32 is a Lenten invitation to get back into alignment. A cabin crying for...
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Want to make a great name?
Genesis 12:1-4a For Sunday, March 12, 2017 Second Sunday in Lent Want to make a great name for yourself? Surprise: it’s not about us. Making a truly great name is all about aligning with God’s...
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Book Review: Dick Staub, The Culturally Savvy Christian
The power of popular culture to catechize us is incredibly strong. We will all be catechized by something. Will it be by our culture, or by the gospel? Dick Staub points the way for us to become...
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Under whose banner?
Each of us ride under a banner that defines and animates us. As Christians, the banner we ride under is the simple phrase, “He is risen!” Colossians 3:1-4 For Sunday, April 16, 2017 Year A, Easter,...
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Leading a prevailing life
Gen. 32:22-31 For Sunday, August 6, 2017 Year A, Proper 13 Do you ever wonder if you will prevail in life? Jacob’s encounter with God at Peniel in Gen. 32 shows us how it’s done. “Jacob Wrestling with...
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Stewarding Our Cultural Influence
Many of us think deep down that we’ve lost the culture and there is nothing we can do about it. Nothing could be further from the truth. Every Tower of Babel stood against the truth will fall. What...
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Embrace Your Story
Every one of us is a human story in the making. There are three simple questions we can ask ourselves to embrace our stories and propel ourselves forward. Wassily Kandinsky, “Yellow Red Blue”, 1925,...
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Emotion: Power For Change
Things not working out the way you hoped? God has given us a nuclear reactor to power change: emotion. Ivan Aivazovsky, Wave (Волна), 1889, Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia I took a course this...
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The story of Thanksgiving
One of the things I love about the holidays is encouraging the family to reflect on where each holiday came from historically so that we can let it shape our mutual story going forward. Here is David...
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A Thanksgiving Day Blessing
We live in a nation of discord. So it was when President Abraham Lincoln declared Thanksgiving a national holiday on October 3, 1863. The encouragement he found then is the same encouragement...
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Who defines reality?
1 Cor. 6:12-20 For Sunday, January 14, 2018 Second Sunday After The Epiphany, Year B We live in a culture that wants to elevate self as having the right to define it’s own reality. The problem is that...
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A Mystery Man Who Matters
Heb. 5:5-10For Sunday, March 21, 2021Fifth Sunday in Lent, Year B I haven’t posted in a long time but am resuming again! If you are a returning reader to this blog would love to hear from you! If you...
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