Sermons from August 2024

I spent a lot of time this past week driving up and down the state of Minnesota for multiple weddings and family adventures. One of the things that I always notice on my drives is the number of political billboards and signs for all sorts of candidates and causes. They are everywhere. Sometimes, even the same sign less than 10 feet apart, in case you missed it the first…

It’s amazing what responses you’ll get when you ask people about their favorite or their lucky numbers. Many people say 3 or 7, mine are two different numbers. My lucky number is 18, but my favorite number is 19. It all goes back to the superstition of my middle school soccer career, and I have to say, my best season came when I switched from number 19 to 18! Similarly,…

When I was living on campus at Seminary, my roommates and I frequently brought out our little charcoal grill and would cook on our front steps. We lived in a cul-de-sac on campus, so all of our neighbors could see when we were out. Let’s just say, there’s a reason our neighborhood was nicknamed “the Fishbowl.” Now, we had weekly potlucks in our neighborhood anyway, but…