Genesis 1-2:3 and Psalm 46 Way back, before the beginning was the beginning, darkness covered the face of the deep. Now whenever you hear the Bible talk about the deep, the first thing it means is water and the next thing it means is chaos. In the Bible, the water is...

Genesis 2:1-3 and Deuteronomy 5:12-15 One of the delicious joys about being a pastor is, more often than not, you get to choose how to allocate your time. It’s not a job that comes with a standardized set of tasks to perform. Some pastors go to every single meeting,...

Holy Humor Sunday: Words of Introduction You might remember. Back in March of Twenty-Twenty, everything changed. Like many of you, I experienced my whole job changing. The things I love most about ministry, the things I know how to do— opening the word of God with all...

2 Corinthians 11:16-33 Oh, one more thing! says Paul. You all are being conned by those super-apostles who walk around with their fancy credentials and their compelling rhetoric, but tell me this. Can any of them claim to be on the run from the law? Did any of them...

Introduction to the Scripture One time a rich man hunted down Jesus and stopped him as he was heading out of town. Now the rich man never meant to find himself in this position! Sometimes this is what it is to ask for help. All along, this man had given his life to...

2 Corinthians 2:5-13 and 2 Corinthians 7:5-13 One day the scribes and the Pharisees noticed all the sinners crowding around Jesus, and they began grumbling: You can just tell. This guy is up to no good! Well, Jesus heard them; he heard the derision in their tone, and...

2 Corinthians 5:14-6:2 A few years ago, I came upon an article that I’ve been thinking about ever since. The writer’s grandmother, JoAnn, had been living with Alzheimers, and the disease brought about some strange changes in her. Some of her other physical ailments...

2 Corinthians 1:1-11 You might have heard the well-loved tear-blessed story called “Footprints in the Sand” by Mary Stevenson. One night a woman has a dream where she looks back at scenes from her life. She also sees two sets of footprints winding along the beach. Now...

Introduction to the Scripture Today we’re continuing the summer series called, Why Church? Of all the organizations, and causes, and communities to which we could give our lives, why choose to be part of a church? What does a church have that we’re needing… This is...

1 Corinthians 12:12-27 In Nineteen Ninety-Eight, Welsh calligrapher Donald Jackson, who had previously served as an official scribe to the Queen, began collaborating with a team at Saint John’s University in Minnesota in order to bring to life a project he had long...