Monthly Archives: February 2023

Exodus 24:12-18 [Watch sermon.] What makes a home? Is it the people? Is it the house? Is it the house renovations? The bells and whistles you see on HGTV? Is home simply a place where you can lay your head? The Hebrew people have been searching for a home. They have not felt at homeContinue reading “Moving Home”

Deuteronomy 30:15-20 [Watch sermon here.] Moses says, “I set before you life or death, blessing or curse. Choose life, then, so that you and your descendants may live.” As Moses speaks these words to the Hebrew people, they are in a liminal space. An in-between space. They are about to cross over the river andContinue reading “Dare to Live”

Mark 1:14-20 [Watch video here.] I found myself listening to the music of Pete Townsend this week,who sings, “When everyone keeps retreatingbut you can’t seem to get enough. Let my love open the door …” He continues,“When everything seems all over,When everyone seems unkind … Let my love open the door;Let my love open theContinue reading “Let My Love Open”

Micah 6:1-8 [Watch the video here.] The people dwelled in rubble: Buildings in ruins, dreams dashed. Colonizers cast them into a place not their own. They had no home of their own. Bereft and abandoned as the powerful seized their houses and their fields. The people are smarting. We will take God to court! BecauseContinue reading “A Lawsuit of Love”