A young man had just been admitted with terminal cancer and was not “doing well,” said the Emergency Room attendant. The call came around 7:30 am to Gaye who volunteers as an on-call chaplain at the hospital. On Sunday I preached on another call, the famous call of Isaiah. One of the points I circled…
There is plenty of time to be careful about that for which we pray; this month perhaps we might just indulge the Dream-maker just a little. Who knows what might be envisioned? Sermon Jan 1.2012
I am a big believer in the power of stories to form and transform lives. As leaders, if we are unaware of the power and detail of our own story we may be shocked when a mine hidden in our past explodes when stepped upon by someone else. Although the parallels are not exact for…
I don’t know if you have ever lived on the edge of such bounty and comfort in your life but it is powerful stuff. I grew up in a relatively small place about 12-15 miles from the American border. And almost every year, our family would spend one of the two paid weeks of vacation…
One of the ways Emerging Spirit talked of the shift in the spiritual and generational foundations of our time was through a focus on the words believe, behave and belong. In times past, if one was curious about being a Christian the entry point was often a conversation about beliefs. Many very bright and gifted…
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