Prayer as Big Time Wrestling
Place names usually have good stories behind them. This area is no exception. I did a bit of research on names of places in this area. ...
Returning The Gift
Next Sunday is Response Sunday at CTS – a time for us to present, at the altar, our statements of intended giving for the year to come. ...
Bigger Signs
Sometimes I feel that the church has lost the art of lament. Lament. Lament is a prayer for help coming out of pain. It is often...
For The Love of Money
I think I learned to write sermons in the 10th grade. At least that was when I learned how to write an essay. I remember that the first...
Amazing Grace
In one of my previous churches I slipped out just before it was time for the sermon. My assistant took the pulpit and made this...
Go Ahead and Make My Day!
It is often a tricky thing for a pastor to base his sermon on the Old Testament lesson. The reason is that the way the ancients...