Sunday, February 7, 2010 at 01:33PM ;)
Night Shift
Luke 5:1-11
February 7, 2010
Every Christian disciple knows the discouragement of working hard and having little to show for the effort. However, discipleship is not our acceptance of a "to do" list. It is our submission to follow Christ and live by a new covenant. It is God's work to change the world.
Tuesday, February 2, 2010 at 07:56AM ;)
A Still More Excellent Way
1 Corinthians 13
January 31, 2010
Paul's familiar and eloquent description of love must be seen in the context of his description of the Body of Christ laid out in chapter 12. This is love that undergirds everything we do. To get at this message I tell a story about the night I learned that love is very patient.
Sunday, January 24, 2010 at 03:15PM ;)
Body Building
January 24, 2010
1 Corinthians 12:12-31
Using the image of the body made of many members all working for the same purpose, Paul pleads with us that Christian disciples work together for God's purpose in the world. We should appreciate and respect that we have been given different pieces of the work. It is all for the strengthening of the community of faith and its mission.
Monday, December 21, 2009 at 04:41PM ;)
Unleashing A Spirit of Joy
Luke 1:46b-55
Forth Sunday of Advent 2009
Christmas calls us to look beyond the troubles of the moment and embrace God's abundant beauty and peace. No matter how troubled a life may be, God can use us to bring salvation and peace into the world.
Sunday, December 13, 2009 at 03:26PM ;)
The Importance of a Comma
December 6, 2009
Luke 3:1-6
Luke and Mark misquote Isaiah 40 when the say, "The voice of one crying in the wilderness: prepare the way of the Lord." Isaiah actually says, "A voice cries: In the wilderness, prepare the way of the Lord." The difference is subtle but important. Wilderness is not the exception in human experience. Rather, it is the norm. The challenge for Christian disciples is to make the way of God real in the wilderness of human experience.
