The Divine Crash

When I was in my first year in seminary I had a professor who informed us if we could write a sermon and deliver it to the class we would automatically have an A and never need to come back to class.  The only catch was that the sermon was on Genesis 19.  At the time I [...]

Today’s sermon is a twist on a sermon I gave at Tanoma UMC titled “Where Else is the Cross True?”  This one is a discussion on the relevancy for today instead of just a ticket to somewhere else in the future.  You can listen to both version on my itunes podcast or just listen to [...]

This week my church hosted a community-wide service as a kick-off to the Christmas in the Village that takes place every year in our little town.  As a result I had an extra opportunity to share Jesus was 135 people who would not normally have set foot in the church.  As a second result [...]

Last night at 1am I finished reading Max Lucado’s newest book Outlive Your Life.  It was an easy read, compared to the books I am supposed to read for seminary this book was a breeze.  Each chapter is about 10 pages and can be finished in less than twenty minutes.  If you read one chapter [...]

I titled my sermon this way because it had the potential to be a hard sermon on giving.  I prayed a lot that it would not be a sermon that says “give me your money” but it would be a sermon that gives hope, comfort, and compassion to all.  You can read the notes below [...]