Sermons

This past Sunday was the first time that I led the service at our new church home. Pastor Mike took a much-earned day off, and our other Associate pastor was gone for the weekend, so I was entrusted with the Sunday morning gathering. Other than leaving out the greeting time at the beginning of the… Continue reading Sermons

For Dale

“May the angels lead you into paradise: may the martyrs receive you at your coming, and lead you into the holy city, Jerusalem. May the choir of angels receive you, and with Lazarus, who once was poor, may you have everlasting rest.”

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I am almost always eligible for the carpool lane. With three babies four and under, I have grown accustomed to traveling in groups, and when I am on the freeway or coming up an on-ramp, I barely even think before moving myself into whatever carpool lane is available. Since beginning my job here in Shoreline,… Continue reading Default

A few good reads

While my own posting has been slow of late, I have enjoyed a handful of posts shared by others that I thought I would pass along. Enjoy! Scot McKnight on spiritual eroticism at Out of Ur Christine Scheller shares vulnerably about Gabriel’s death at Christianity Today Kingdom Grace on Twittering the gospel Scot McKnight on… Continue reading A few good reads

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Midday text messages from Doug…

From Aaron: I have to tell you something. What Zaccheus threw on the floor was blood money. From Mercy: You mean Judas? From Aaron: Yeah, Judas. It was blood money.

What do you say the Good News is?

JR Woodward invited me to contribute to his “Good News” series, and my post went up today. You can check out the whole series here. How would you define the Good News in five hundred words? An exercise worth thinking about…

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This headline caught my eye this morning: South Africans head to the polls tomorrow in the fourth elections since the end of apartheid in 1994. More than 23 million people have registered to vote in what is being billed as one of most important elections in the country’s history.  I visited South Africa in the… Continue reading Connected

Good news?

I was invited to participate in a blog series hosted by L.A. friend, JR Woodward, exploring how people would describe the gospel, the “good news”, in their given context. My entry will post next week. JR writes this about the series: In this blog series each of the contributors will be summarizing their understanding of… Continue reading Good news?

Good Friday

We were in the car earlier when I started to sing: “This is the day, this is the day, that the Lord has made, that the Lord has made…” This song had been repeated so much in our house the last few weeks as the kids geared up to sing it in church on Palm… Continue reading Good Friday

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