Like many pastors and preachers, I have received the message – both implicitly and explicitly – that I ought to “keep politics out of the church.” I feel like this is one of the most misunderstood ideas in the 21st century church. “Politics” are the conversations and discernment about how we … [Read more...]
Weird Bible Stories
One way that I have enjoyed helping people dive deeper into Scripture is by inviting them to experience parts of the Bible that they may never have seen before. The weird and unusual Bible stories. A few years ago, I drafted this five-week sermon series, The Bible's Believe It Or Not. Each week … [Read more...]
Community Changes Everything
This week's sermon is posted: Community Changes Everything Moving forward, I'm not going to continue to post these here each week. Instead I invite you to subscribe to the podcast in whatever service you use to listen to podcasts (and hey, maybe you could give it a review as well while you are … [Read more...]
Listening Changes Everything
Hey there! After a slight (4 year!) hiatus, my sermon podcast has returned. I'd love for you to take a listen - I'll even embed it right here so that all you have to do is press play. The texts for this sermon were 1 Kings 19:9-13a, Psalm 85:8-13, James 1:19-20, 22-25; and John 21:1-19 (you … [Read more...]
