This is the last sermon from my Advent series. I preached it a week late, on this past Boxing Day, because of the previous week's snowstorm. Dear friends, let us love one another, because love is from God, and everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. The one who does not love does …
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A Profound Statement on Grief
What is grief, if not love persevering?Vision, "WandaVision" One of the things my son Eli (12 years old) and I love doing together is watching Marvel movies and now TV shows. One of the new Marvel TV shows is called WandaVision, and it follows what happens to the character of Wanda Maximoff after the events …
The Way of Jesus
Here is my sermon from this morning. It's on Mark 9:30--41.
My Story Part 17: Fatherhood
Sometimes even if I can't recall all the details of a dream, I can remember the way the dream made me feel. And years ago I had a dream in which I had a little boy, a son--I was a father! I don't remember much else, whether in the dream I was also married or …
“Banks”
“I wanna hold you close but never hold you back, just like the banks to the riverAnd if you ever feel like you are not enough, I'm gonna break all your mirrorsI wanna be there when the darkness closes in to make the truth a little clearerI wanna hold you close but never hold you …