June, 2008 Archives

Sermon: Genesis 12:1-9

June 15th, 2008 · Posted in SERMONS · 0 Comments

I have posted today’s sermon on my sermon blog.
It’s the second in my sermon series on Noah, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and Joseph — this one based on the call of Abraham (Abram) in Genesis 12:1-9 and entitled “Stepping Out In Faith”.
Here’s a portion of it:
In the book Chicken Soup For The Soul, there [...]

Capacity For Change

June 14th, 2008 · Posted in Practical Ministry, Reflections · 0 Comments

If you read my blog, you’ll remember a few weeks ago when I asked questions of and posted answers from Bruce Reyes - Chow, and candidate for moderator of the Presbyterian Church, USA.
Bruce had a post on his blog a few days ago about the question —
Does the Presbyterian Church have the capacity [...]

June 21 Community Day at Hopewell

June 10th, 2008 · Posted in What's Going On With Me · 0 Comments

I’ve been working on plans for our June 21 Community Day at Hopewell.
Sounds like it will be a lot of fun!
If you’re in the area, come and join us!

What’s Your Passion Bucket?

June 9th, 2008 · Posted in Practical Christianity, Practical Ministry · 0 Comments

Todd Rhoades over at Monday Morning Insight has a thoughtful post today where he identifies certain terms that have made it into the Cramer-Krasselt ad agency’s “2008 Cultural Dictionary.”
One of the terms he discusses in “passion bucket” — which is defined as:
a metaphor for a job or endeavor that can fulfill [...]

Sermon: Genesis 6:9-22, 7:11-24, 8:14-21

June 9th, 2008 · Posted in SERMONS · 0 Comments

I have posted my sermon from yesterday on my sermon blog.
It’s based on the Noah story found in Genesis 6-8 — and entitled “Not Easy, But New”.
Here’s a portion of it:
A man was surveying some beautiful projects his friend had completed in his back yard.
“How did you figure out how to do all [...]