Acts 2:1-21 John 20:19-23 “The bush was always burning. It just took someone moving slow enough to notice it.” —Rob Bell, May 15, 2017, The Festival of Homiletics “When did the Spirit of Life last touch you? You know when it was… If it happened before, it can happen again…” — Barbara Brown Taylor, May …
Month: May 2017
That They May be One… That WE May Be One…
John 17:1-11` “That they may be one…. that WE may be one…” I stood with friends on the street above listening to the heartfelt strains of Amazing Grace rising up to us from the River Walk below. Perhaps a hundred or more had made their way — crowding into the patio of the Bier Garten …
“I Will Not Leave You Orphaned…”
John 14:15-21 It is so that I cannot hear Jesus’ promise today without pausing in an experience that surely shaped my own family story. It is a story of being ‘orphaned.’ My dad was all of five years old when his own father died. His death was unexpected and, no doubt this, combined with it …
“I Am The Way…”
John 14:1-14 “Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life.” John 14:6 A text came through on my day off saying that one of ours was in the hospital. It sounded serious and so I paused in the midst of my errands to check in. I was dressed for …