Hummingbird or Vulture?
A college sophomore was boasting about his superior math skills to his family one night at dinner. His father tested him, asking him to figure out a few equations. The […]
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Split Pants?
One of childhood’s favorite authors, the late Theodor S. Geisel (best known as “Dr. Seuss”), wrote a poem about the difficulty, but necessity, of making decisions. It reads, in part…
It’s No Secret! (The Messianic Secret)
What is the Messianic Secret? It is no secret what God can do. What He’s done for others, He can do for you. There is no difficulty that enough love
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Smart as a Mom!
Woman of Faith An elementary school teacher tells of the morning she met a neighbor in the laundry room of their apartment building. “How’s your ten-year-old daughter doing in school?”
Miracle Hands
Miracle Hands of Jesus Suppose we had picked up our newspaper this morning and read the headline, “Jesus appears, walks across the Delaware Bay.” Suppose the story beneath the headline
Broccoli, Carrots, and Peas — the greatest church picnic of all time
A grandmother was enjoying a day alone with her six-year-old grandson. At lunch, the boy refused to eat anything she put in front of him. Frustrated, the grandmother said, “Honey,
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Your Rightful Place
What is the message of the Transfiguration of the Lord? There is an old legend about a conversation between a mouse and a dove. The little mouse says, “Tell me
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Toward Something Great: Like Treasure Hidden in a Field
Like Treasure Hidden in a Field In the Legend of the Golden Windows, a young boy works hard all day on the family farm, tending to the cows. And each
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Sowing the Seeds of Love
Seeds of Love According to an old legend, a woman whose son just died went to a mountaintop seeking counsel from a wise man. The grieving mother told him of
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Listen For Love
Listen for Love. This morning, I want you to listen to the following case history from psychiatrist Dr. Paul Tournier’s book, “The Strong and the Weak.” It is the story
A Snail Driving a Racecar
Jesus carries our burdens. We live in a brave new world of artificial intelligence where machines increasingly assist us in most aspects of life. You may have heard of the
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Put God First: This is Our Forever
This is Our Forever: Put God First A much-loved grandfather began showing signs that he might soon require full-time care. Consequently, the family gathered for a meeting to discuss his
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A Gator Through the Window? Do not be afraid.
Do not be afraid As the saying goes, “It’s all fun and games until someone tosses an alligator in the drive-thru window.” Well, maybe that’s not exactly how the saying
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A Touch of Madness – The harvest is good, but laborers are scarce
In an amusing cartoon, two men are sitting on a park bench, engaged in earnest conversation. One says to the other, “Just remember, no man is worthless. He can always
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Partake of the Bread of Life
The Table is set. Partake of the Bread of Life The famous mythologist Joseph Campbell once said in an interview that many of his friends lived “wasteland” lives. “Too many,”
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3 Words to Live By – The Holy Trinity
Today’s sermon: The Holy Trinity (A) A journalism professor-1 writes about the process of verifying information before reporting it as truth – a subject on the minds of many these
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No Miracle Pill
Pentecost Sunday Tim and Jenny, both in their seventies, had just gotten married. One day after dinner, Jenny took a bottle of pills from her purse and popped one with
Our Eternal Present
This is Where We Find Life The concept known as the “specious present” was first introduced by the philosopher William James in his influential Principles of Psychology (1890). It is
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Get Off The Couch!
There is a popular website (-1) that has gained the interest of hundreds of millions of followers. The premise of the site is simple. Let people post questions on virtually
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Do Something!
Jesus commands each of us: “Love one another as I have loved you.” There is a story of a young clergyman who went to the pulpit and won the congregation’s
