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He Is Risen/He Is Here
Resurrection Sunday 2020 Text: Revelation 1:9-20 I, John, both your brother and companion in the tribulation and kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was on the island that is called Patmos for the word of God and for the testimony of Jesus Christ. John has been exiled, displaced, because of following Jesus Christ. Patmos was …
For Better and For WORSE
This week will be different for many. For many, normal work hours have been suspended and our authorities are telling us to stay home. Home is supposed to be a secure, comfortable, and joyful sanctuary. It’s every family’s headquarters of ministry to others which includes, usually, having other folks over. Our houses are our home …
Life Interrupted
During the judgement plagues of The Exodus there was light in Goshen while the rest of Egypt was subdued and threatened by the gloom of darkness. Movement came to a stop. That meant work and play and normalcy was temporarily over due to the hand of God. These days Christians find themselves in this same …
‘Perfect Peace’
A few years ago I was given an assignment by my presbytery to lecture on, How To Have Perfect Peace. Lucky for me there is a place in the Bible that actually addresses that—Isaiah 26. So when the time came I stood up and said, “Well, the way to have Perfect Peace is to: trust …
God, C-19, & Me
I grew up during the last vestiges of the Cold War. Once upon a time, we all lived with the dread of Mutual Assured Destruction:Russia and America threatening to fire nuclear missiles at each other. As a public schooled kid we practiced ‘duck-and-cover’ drills where, when the alarm sounded, we all left our seats and …
Five Miles From Jesus?
The plan was to fly out to the Northwest to solo hike the Olympic Peninsula but through a series of unforeseen events I found myself, instead, on the West Coast, staying with a family I had never met. These Christians were well versed in theology, had suffered greatly, and were incredibly hospitable. Within a few …
