This reading is an invitation to use the letter of the law to help us understand how to be safe, and the spirit of the law to embrace the freedom that God has given us.
Tag: Sermon
God Helps Us Grow
Last week, my family drove to Southern California down Highway 5. It’s a long drive, about seven hours. So I spent a lot of time looking out the window. A lot of that land is agricultural land… and we saw farms that grew almonds, avocados, kiwis, olives, and all sorts of things. Several times, I…
Who You Are Makes a Difference
So now we have “The Great Commandment” but what are we going to do with it?
The Parables We Tell in Life
What parable do you want to tell with your life?
Remembering Who We Are
Identity and relationship are at the heart of transforming the world.
Bringing Christ to Life in the World
We are Mary. We are Joseph. We bring Christ alive in the world. We protect and nurture all that is holy.
Who Am I? Reach Beyond Vocation to Identity
If you always strive to be who you are made to be, you find yourself being better suited and ready to do whatever duties that the world puts on you.
Lessons in Authority & Healing
I started my weekend on Friday afternoon. My family decided to go to the movies. We decided that we were going to see X-Men: Apocalypse (No fear, I promise you that, since the movie just opened, there will be no spoilers in this sermon.) As we drove to the theater, I noticed that many of…
Abiding Love & the Journey of Marriage
In the best marriages each person is both lucky AND wonderful.
Guess How Much God Loves You
Anyone who has ever known a kid has had the experience of reading the same story over and over and over again. And then reading it a few hundred more times. This is a story book that was a favorite of both my daughters. I read it about a million times. It’s called Guess How…