Scripture John 17:1-11 My friend Nichole has a quilting and sewing station in her house.  At any given time, if you were to walk by that station, it would beContinue readingAmazing Grace: Quilt of Love – Sunday May 28

For the past 3 months, I am happy to say I have added a new language to the list of languages I speak. Many of you are familiar with thisContinue readingAmazing Grace: It’s Mother’s Day – Sunday May 14, 2023

I never paid much attention to verses 8-11 in our passage today. In fact, I can’t say that I had ever really noticed them. But Christ’s interaction with Philip, hisContinue readingAmazing Grace: The Way – Sunday May 7, 2023

Luke 24:13-15 There’s an old joke, pretty common, about United Methodists. I’ve heard it said about Presbyterians and Lutherans too but its our joke. Did you know that we actuallyContinue readingAmazing Grace: At the Table – April 23, 2023

John 20:19-31 If the disciples, were in a scary movie, if the disciples as we encounter them in the gospel of John chapter 20 were in a scary movie, IContinue readingAmazing Grace: Breakthrough – April 16, 2023

Matthew 28:1-10 They did not come expecting to find resurrection but resurrection found them anyway. It was dawn, early morning. I can picture them walking, beginning in darkness and, withContinue readingEaster Sunday – April 9, 2023 – Resurrection Finds You

Scripture: Ezekiel 37:1-14 I find it interesting that our passage today falls where it does in the season of lent. I mean, we are two weeks away from Easter andContinue readingBeautiful Things: Out of the Dust – Dry Bones – Sunday March 26, 2023

“’I wanted to prove to everyone that I was somebody.’ ‘You’re 5 feet nothin’, 100 and nothin, and you’ve got hardly a speck of athletic ability and you hung inContinue readingBeautiful Things: Out of the Dust – Through Heaven’s Eyes – Sunday March 19, 2023

Scripture: Exodus 17:1-7 & Isaiah 43:16-21 Sometimes I struggle to have empathy for the Israelites. That feels like a horrible thing for me to say as a pastor but itContinue readingBeautiful Things: Out of the Dust – Is The Lord With Us Or Not? – Sunday March 12, 2023

What did you give up to be here? I’ll never forget the time a district superintendent asked me that question. It was the fall of 2012, maybe spring 2013, andContinue readingBeautiful Things: Out of the Dust – Abram and Sarai – Sunday March 5, 2023