The Divine Crash

This week we pick back up on the series “Myth Busters: Busting popular Christian myths.”  Today I quoted from Job 23 in The Message interpretation.  So enjoy this sermon for the first week in advent.  As always you can listen to the sermon at the bottom or on iTunes.

Dear Jesus, As I sit here and think back on the thanksgiving meal I thank you for not making the empty seat awkward for me. I am still not sure what it means that I sat there. As my daughter sits here asleep on my lap I am in awe that you felt me [...]

In less than 24 hours it will be thanksgiving. This is a time when more people travel than any other time of year. It also happens to be a time when there are more empty seats than any other time.
For many this Thanksgiving there will be an empty seat at the table. [...]

This week I have finals for seminary and so I didn’t preach instead I had an amazing guest speaker. However, there is no podcast or notes, but I would like to offer a few thoughts.
What are you thankful for? This question gets thrown around a lot during this time of year. What if [...]

This weekend I am playing Mr. Mom while my wife is at a clergy spouse retreat, thus leaving me with both kids.

Normally I am a nice person.  Normally, I smile politely, pray for people when they ask, help old ladies cross the road, and all that sort of nice stuff that people expect from a pastor.  Then I get in the car and exchange my Bible knowledge for curse words in multiple languages.

This sermon started off a new series about the popular-Christian Myths.  Today’s myth is “God will only like you if you look right.”  Feel free to read my notes, download the podcast, and listen to the sermon at the end of this post.

Dear Jesus, it has been such a long week.  There is so much going on right now and still so much to do.  If I’m honest with you (and myself) there is no possible way to get it done.  My list of things that absolutely must get done before 5pm is longer than your arm. [...]