It was the first day of Sunday school. After the teacher sent out the registration pad and asked the students to write down their birth dates, he noticed that there were two new kinds with the same last name but with birthdays a month apart. He welcomed the kids,...
A Taxing Encounter Story Lectionary 9 August 2015 Exodus: The First Covenant Given to Moses (34) Numbers: The Story of the Bronze Serpent (21) Hosea: The Scripture Jesus references as a warning to the Pharisees and Scribes about the Priestly Function and Sacrificial...
Love Life Lectionary 9 August 2015 11th Sunday After Pentecost 2 Samuel 18:5-9, 15, 31-33 Psalm 130 Ephesians 4:25-5:2 John 6:35, 41-51 Text to Life The big news this last week? Russell Wilson, the quarterback for the Seattle Seahawks, signed a new contract and...
Don’t read it! If you want people’s attention, you need to look at them, speak to them, engage them. You can’t do that if your nose is stuck in your manuscript. Practice stepping away from it. Trust the Holy Spirit, and preach without notes! To access this post,...
Truth and Beauty : A Friendship by Ann Patchett Today’s column is a Memory Maker book review. Memory Maker books are those that are not recent publications, but which come to mind frequently, as good books will. What would you do for a good friend? We all want...
