Jesus, consistent with the Old Testament, speaks unabashedly and repeatedly about wealth, greed and generosity. In Mark 12.41-44, Jesus relates a story comparing the giving of the rich to that of poor widow who gives two very small copper coins. Jesus comments … They all gave out of their wealth; but she, out of her poverty,… Continue Reading »
Are you doing the same things that you were five years ago? Does your ministry (we are all called to ministry as followers of Christ) look the same as it did five years ago? As you discover your God-given giftedness, have those gifts developed beyond what they were five years ago? Have you discovered any… Continue Reading »
I presented the sermon at last Thursday’s Community Lenten Lunch service here in Clearfield. My sermon followed the reading of John 6.1-15. A Group Workcamp is coming to Clearfield, June 20-26, 2010. Details about the Clearfield trip can be found here. Who would think that 430+ youth from all around the U.S. would want to… Continue Reading »
I participated in this morning’s See You at the Pole event at Clearfield High School. This is what I shared. Engage: Go and Pray “Go and pray to God for me and for the people …” (2 Kings 22.13a, The Message) Israel and Judah had a history of waning back and forth in their commitment… Continue Reading »
So … have you made any New Year’s resolutions? I am grateful for the new beginnings in life. Most often beginnings come with endings. The endings, I don’t like. But the endings are inevitable. The year of 2008 is over. It is done. We cannot go back and undo or redo. We now look forward… Continue Reading »
What if … we were to consider each day a blessing of God? Drew Carey debuted the new game show The Power of 10 last week. The public is asked different questions, polled and the contestants have to guess what percentage answered a specific way. The second airing asked a question something like this, “What… Continue Reading »
The mercies of the Lord are new every morning. The church is a short distance from home, so I usually walk there. Sometimes I haven’t taken a flashlight with me and when I get out of a meeting at night, a dreary night, I can hit a place of complete darkness. A bit of fear… Continue Reading »
Exodus 3.1-10 Moses and the Burning Bush, A sermon for Lenten Community Service I don’t know if you’ve ever done anything stupid before, but I know I have. And you might say Moses did. When he sees an Egyptian mistreating a Hebrew, he reacts. That’s a good thing. He knew what he saw wasn’t right.… Continue Reading »
Today, we concluded our series on “Navigating Life: Doing Life God’s Way!” We believe it was an important series; we certainly hope that it was helpful for the hrist followers in our congregations! We don’t always collaborate on our sermon series, but this series grew out of a conversation we had while traveling to Tennessee… Continue Reading »
God is good, all the time. All the time, God is good. Since Don Moen and Paul Overstreet wrote and recorded a song by the title, God Is Good All The Time, this has become a popular greeting among church folk. And it speaks a great truth: God alone is good. Luke 18.18-19 – A… Continue Reading »