Yesterday I returned from my first ever sermon planning retreat. For several years now I have been planning my sermons on the run, fitting a few solid half-days into my regular work week at the church study, hoping and praying that no emergencies or minor distractions would come knocking. It has worked, but I always … Continue reading Sermon Planning – Series or Lectionary?
Next week I am taking a much needed few days to pray, read, and do sermon planning for 2014. For those of you who don't know, I am a preacher that uses both the lectionary and sermon series at various times of the year. As all who are part of our worship team at FUMC … Continue reading My Cyber Sermon Suggestion Box for 2014
... remembering and giving thanks for all the saints who from their labors rest. Plan to preach this Sunday on "Why do we need saints?" If you can imagine a world without them, then you imagine a world without God.
So today my wife encouraged me to dust off the ole blog and give it a bit of a face-lift. Guess that means I might need to start blogging again since the posts have been few and far between these past few years. I think maybe I should just let my wife start taking the … Continue reading Rainy day blogging
“Then Moses answered, ‘But suppose they do not believe me or listen to me?’ … The Lord said to him, ‘What is that in your hand?’” – Exodus 4:1-4 The story of Moses’s call to be God’s deliverer is an extraordinary one. Sometimes we focus so much on the burning bush encounter on the mountain … Continue reading What is in your hand?
At 12:59 am on December 26th, 2004, just one day after Christmas, the world experienced the largest earthquake in 40 years. The main difference between this earthquake and so many others was this one took place underwater in the Indian Ocean, off the coast of Indonesia’s Sumatra Island. The quake registered 9.0 on the Richter … Continue reading Faith in the midst of Storms
In less than 24 hours, I will be flying to El Salvador with a Duke Divinity School teaching team to join Methodist pastors at the Central American Pastor's School in Ahuachapán (the five participating countries that have a border agreement for easier transportation include El Salvador, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua). For the second … Continue reading Evangelism 101
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