| Open Table |
Vanishing Grace Whatever Happened to the Good News? by Phil Yancey Since 2002 best-selling author Phil Yancey has been connected with the subject of grace. His award-winning book What’s So Amazing About Grace, published by Zondervan, investigated the meaning of...
| Sound Theology |
Paul Wittgenstein, the older brother of Austrian philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein, was an accomplished pianist before WWI interrupted his concert career. During the war, Wittgenstein was shot in the elbow and his arm had to be amputated. Despite this significant...
| The Commons
A person of advanced age began to have hearing problems. Reluctantly she gave in to suggestions from family members that she consult an otolaryngolosit (eye-ears-nose specialist). After a thorough examination of the woman’s ears, the doctor said to her: “We can fix...
| Story Sermon
Jacob’s Well Story Lectionary 19 July 2015 Genesis (2:4-25): The water that springs forth from God Genesis (26): Isaac reopens the wells his father had dug Genesis (35:7): Jacob builds an altar that becomes Jacob’s Well Genesis (12:7, 12:8, 8:20): Abraham and Noah...
| Master Sermons
The Art of Stilling Lectionary 19 July 2015 8th Sunday After Pentecost 2 Samuel 7:1-14a Psalm 89:20-37 Ephesians 2:11-22 Mark 6:30-34, 53-56 Text to Life July and August are “vacation time.” Blink you might miss it. We in the US take the shortest, most...
