Text: Mark 8:27-34 I have never traveled to Frog Hollow but at critical points in my life, I have found myself there. Some of you may...

Text: Romans 8:27-34 Libel Mueller, an American, German-born, Pulitzer Prize winning poet has penned a poem that I love more each time I...

Text: Mark 10:46-52 In Anthony Doerr’s breathtaking novel, All the Light We Cannot See, a mysterious Frenchman asks, "What do we call...

Text: Mark 10:17-27 I have so much left to learn. I have, though, learned one lesson in this life that serves me well whenever I pay...

Text: Mark 10:1-16 On the first day of elementary school each year, I would leave the house with brand new notebooks, freshly sharpened...

Text: Mark 9:38-50 Jesus says some really harsh words in this text from Mark’s Gospel. I have never seen these words slapped on a bumper...

Text: Mark 9:30-37 Jennell and I have an extremely cute newborn nephew by the name of Jackson. And, in November, we will welcome the...

September 12, 2021 Romans 12:17-21; Psalm 23 In Yaa Gyasi’s breathtaking novel, Homegoing, an aged mother takes the wounded hands of her...

August 29, 2021 Genesis 1:1-5; Psalm 33:6-11; Ephesians 1:17-19; John 1:1-5, John 9 We have a favorite cartoon on our refrigerator that...

August 25, 2021 Exodus 17:1-7; Psalm 42; Ephesians 2:17-22; John 4:3-30, 39-42 As the story opens, Jesus is on the road again, this time...