I’ve heard tons of messages and had many Bible studies led that focused significant time on the story of the prodigal son. It has to be one of the top 10 most recognizable Bible stories. The story spends most of its time focusing on the rebellious son. He is the one who squanders away everything;…
Sunday Rundown 11.2.08
Today I led worship in our 11am services. Here is a look at our set: My Savior Lives Welcome/Me Sharing Some Thoughts Surrender The Stand Offering: How He Loves Special: Own Me (Ginny Owens) Nothing But the Blood Came to the Rescue I’ll share some thoughts on the day… I just about totally dropped the…
Fortuitous Bouncing
Sorry Greg Oden…this isn’t looking good. In other basketball news, Kevin Love and the Twolves…undefeated! Haven’t said that in a long long time. Nick and Starr finally stepped up their Amazing Race game. And yes, I did NOT dress up last night. Nor did I hand out candy (one of the pluses of living in…
The Apostles' Creed
We have been talking for a long, long time of doing a video of The Apostles’ Creed. Well last week that dream became a reality during our services. Even I made an appearance in the video. Kent did an absolutely killer job with this video. I love the mix of traditional sounds and the hip…
Let’s Ban Homosexuality
Also see: The Bible and Gay Marriage My freshman year I took a class on Christian discipleship. I remember that I thought my prof was pretty liberal when she questioned why so many churches are appalled by the thought of gay men and women coming into their church. In fact, at the time, I was…
Hopeless
A few weeks ago we had an original drama performed. It was written by the 2 women who act in this piece. In what seems to be the biggest economic crisis in a long, long time, and during election season….the words of both women truly resonate deep within me. Our focus this morning was on…