The Divine Crash

Over the summer I had the privilege of speaking at a youth camp.  While there I met the parents of a young woman who is a missionary in India.  While there she adopted a little boy named Kyle.  However, even though the adoption is legal the U.S. Government has been with-holding the visa required for [...]

1 Corinthians 13:1-8
We are continuing to look at what else is good news about the gospel?  What does it mean today, tomorrow, and in the future. I took a lot of this from Rob Bell’s book “Love Wins.” and some of it is from Peter Rollins’ book “Insurrection.”
Feel free to leave a comment, take a [...]

That first moment when something catches.  Where fire is born, where reaction happens and it sparks something bigger.  That is the Christmas story and that is what we strive for in Church. When we worship we say it was meaningful and we use words like “it spoke to me,” or “I felt close to God.” [...]

Recently I found myself in a discussion with another pastor about the meaning of Christmas.  This pastor told me that it didn’t matter if the Christmas story was true.  That what mattered was the meaning behind the story.  He went on to say that the virgin birth didn’t matter because it is impossible to have happened [...]

Good morning, this sermon continues the sermon series going through the Psalms that are mentioned in the Gospels.  Enjoy at the bottom or on iTunes.
Psalm 78:23-24 “God gave orders to the skies above, opened heaven’s doors, and rained manna on them so they could eat.  He gave them the very grain of heaven.”
John 6:26-35 “Our [...]

Today’s sermon continued along our series of preaching through the Psalms mentioned in the Gospels.  You can listen at the bottom of this post, or on iTunes.
Psalm 42:6,11 “My God, My whole being is depressed. That’s why I remember you from the land of Jordan and Hermon, from Mount Mizar. Why, I ask myself, are [...]

Today’s sermon continued preaching through the Psalms in the gospel.  Enjoy the audio at the bottom, or on iTunes.  Feel free to leave a comment.
 
Psalm 31:5 “I entrust my spirit into your hands; you, Lord, God of faithfulness – You have saved me.
Luke 23:46 “Crying out in a loud voice, Jesus said, ‘Father, into your [...]

 The other morning my day started off very poorly.  I managed to spill an entire glass of water on my Macbook Pro. I immediately shut it off and dried it off.  It appeared perfectly fine.  I let it air dry for a little while and turned it back on.  It turned on fine with no [...]