Scripture: Ezekiel 37:1-14 I find it interesting that our passage today falls where it does in the season of lent. I mean, we are two weeks away from Easter andContinue readingBeautiful Things: Out of the Dust – Dry Bones – Sunday March 26, 2023

“’I wanted to prove to everyone that I was somebody.’ ‘You’re 5 feet nothin’, 100 and nothin, and you’ve got hardly a speck of athletic ability and you hung inContinue readingBeautiful Things: Out of the Dust – Through Heaven’s Eyes – Sunday March 19, 2023

Scripture: Exodus 17:1-7 & Isaiah 43:16-21 Sometimes I struggle to have empathy for the Israelites. That feels like a horrible thing for me to say as a pastor but itContinue readingBeautiful Things: Out of the Dust – Is The Lord With Us Or Not? – Sunday March 12, 2023

What did you give up to be here? I’ll never forget the time a district superintendent asked me that question. It was the fall of 2012, maybe spring 2013, andContinue readingBeautiful Things: Out of the Dust – Abram and Sarai – Sunday March 5, 2023

Facebook Video Today we begin at the beginning, we focus on Genesis, the first book of the Bible. “In the beginning when God created the heavens and the earth, 2Continue readingBeautiful Things: Out of the Dust – Adam and Eve – Sunday February 26, 2023

The year was 2005. My friend from high school and her boyfriend and I were living in an apartment while going to college at the University of Texas at Austin.Continue readingMardi Gras Sunday: Born to Shine! – February 19, 2023

Today is the day! We have spent several weeks journeying with the Magi, the wisemen, to see the child Christ. We were with them as they oriented themselves towards Christ,Continue readingFollow the Star: By Another Road – Sunday February 12, 2023

So there’s this app called Tik Tok, which I may dabble in. It is basically an app where people make short videos (10 seconds – three minutes) about anything. IContinue readingFollow the Star: What Gift Can We Bring? – Sunday February 5, 2023

Scripture: Matthew 2:1-8,12  These past weeks I have been reading and researching about stars and basically the celestial body or the universe. In my brain, I had expected to findContinue readingFollow the Star: Observe – Are We Alone in the Universe? – Sunday January 22, 2023

Scripture: Matthew 2:3-6, 13-18; John 14:25-27 Seven years ago, when I moved to Nebraska, I felt so excited that the parsonage (church owned house) had a big long covered frontContinue readingFollow the Star: Be Not Afraid – Sunday January 15, 2023