Of the Generous Life…

These past three weeks we’ve been talking about “the generous life.”  The generous life is based on what I call the generosity equation that we find in the Scriptures, specifically in 2 Corinthians 9:11.  I’m summarizing here (go and read the...

Of Fear and Raging Waters…

Last week in our Bible study we read together Mark 4:35-5:20 when Jesus miraculously calms the rough sea and casts out a legion of demons from a man who has spent years banished from his community and living in a cemetery.  I’ve read these stories hundreds of times,...

Of Birthdays…

Confession time again…I’m a pretty hopelessly cheesy person!  One way this “cheese” manifest itself occurs during birthday celebrations when I ask folks to reflect on the year past and to share the greatest blessings and greatest difficulties and to share their hopes...

Of the Mission of God…

Last week we began a new sermon series called, “The Mission of God.” This series is drawn from the Theological and Biblical studies of Christopher Wright. In his book, The Mission of God, Wright provides a “missional hermeneutic” that unlocks and traces God’s...

Of Canoes and Helicopters…

So…there’s a joke and goes something like this… There’s this guy who is living in his house when all of a sudden it starts to rain and rain and rain, and suddenly he realizes the waters outside his house are rising and there is a dramatic flood. As the waters rise in...