10/29/2019

December 2019 lectionary texts are related to presence, or, for the Advent/Christmastide season, we can say they portray God’s present of God’s presence. In other words, God’s gift to us is God’s self. And when God’s self is present, people and things necessarily change.

10/23/2019

Today I want to talk with you on one of Jesus’s favorite subjects, money. It’s my sense that we’re not very good when it comes to talking about money in the church. We mention the subject only when we need it or during our once-a-year fundraising effort when we timidly ask for more. Ironically, fundraising and asking for money was not something Jesus talked about. Why then did Jesus talk so much about money? Why did money matter to Jesus?

10/21/2019

10/18/2019

10/11/2019

10/1/2019

9/24/2019

9/24/2019

I’m sure you’ve heard the phrase “Keeping up with the Joneses” or for you more hip and trendy folks “Keeping up with the Kardashians”

But who on earth are the Macedonians?!

Let me give you a little bit of background.

9/17/2019

9/12/2019

Recently, I was in a church during stewardship season. The elder of finance was announcing how much the church is short of pledges. It announced to the congregation about cutting staff, reducing the programs if the congregation doesn’t pay their money for the next year. I have heard this so many times.

9/4/2019

8/20/2019