As we enter a new phase that is still murky, let’s do what we are called to do: preach the gospel, make disciples, and pursue God’s justice. God is calling us forward, so let’s go. Let us enter this Strange New World. Continue reading Sermon: Strange New Worlds
The first writing prompt or an essay in process. Continue reading Writing Prompts: Finding A New American Narrative
We want to love people, we just want to make sure they are on our side. Continue reading The Sermon Clip: We Want to Love People…Just Not You
“Will we stop wondering who we can be a neighbor and focus on how we can be a neighbor?” Continue reading Sermon: Won’t You Be A Neighbor?
While it was still dark meant that sin and evil are in power. God feels distant if not absent. Mary was feeling had to feel like God was distant. Where was God when Jesus was on the cross? Did God care? It’s hard to believe in God when it’s dark. Continue reading Sermon: While It Was Still Dark
First Christian Church isn’t closing. We are moving, but we aren’t closing. But how can we live? What is the mission that God is giving us? Continue reading Sermon: Setting Our Face Towards Jerusalem
It’s important for companies to make a profit, but it’s also important for companies to be good stewards. Continue reading Bad Stewardship Killed Sears and Kmart
As a congregation, we sit at an interesting juncture. Some of us ask questions like where are we headed? Will we survive? Those are legitimate questions. I don’t know what we need to specifically do, but the answer right now is to love. Continue reading Sermon: Love, In the Time of Nuclear War
What do LGBTQ people mean when they talk about pride? Continue reading Vespers: Happy Pride
The church needs to be a truthteller, which means the church is willing to speak the truth even if it means attacking sacred cows that people like. Continue reading Podcast Clip: The Church as Truth Teller
The Clockwork Pastor 