Brothers and Sisters, In preparation for a reading group I’ll facilitate this fall (there are still spots open if you’re interested), I’ve been rereading St. Athanasius’ classic, On the Incarnation. On his first page (p. 49 of my edition), he…
Brothers and Sisters, In my devotional reading this morning, I was arrested by this verse in 2 Corinthians 1:11, You also must help us by prayer, so that many will give thanks on our behalf for the blessing granted us…
Brothers and Sisters, I was hacking away at my keyboard this morning when my son’s little face popped around the corner. It was only 6:40 (20 minutes before the kids’ official wakeup time), and he knew the only way I’d…
Brothers and Sisters, In this past Sunday’s sermon on the ninth commandment, we took some time to consider the words we share on social media. By way of follow up, I thought I’d offer a few questions to help us…
Have you ever heard of “stolen valor?” This term is used to describe individuals who pretend to have served in the Armed Forces. You can find channels on YouTube that specialize in calling this sort of thing out (though, I…
Brothers and Sisters, In this past Sunday’s sermon, we looked at the seventh commandment: you shall not commit adultery. Naturally, this meant we spent a fair amount of time on sex and sexuality. One of the topics I wish we…
Brothers and Sisters, Two weeks ago, I sent you a brief overview of the upcoming General Assembly, along with specific items of concern that were facing our denomination as our elders gathered from all across the country. Now that I’m…
Brothers and Sisters, No doubt you’ve heard about the shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas that left 19 children, 2 teachers dead, and an entire community in utter agony. It’s difficult to know what to say in light…
Brothers and Sisters, This past Sunday, we considered God’s prohibition of image worship (Ex 20:4-6). We had just enough time to cover one of the two big reasons why this is so important: God is the only one who gets…
Brothers and Sisters, This past Sunday, we continued in our series on the Decalogue with a sermon on the first of the ten commandments: “You shall have no other gods before me.” We learned that, because the human heart is…
Brothers and Sisters, I’m sure you’ve heard about the unprecedented leak of a draft opinion written by Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito indicating the majority’s intent to overturn Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey. This would end half…
Brothers and Sisters, This morning, I found myself in Esther 7 for my daily devotion. In case you haven’t read Esther in a while, that’s the chapter where evil Haman gets his comeuppance. Thanks to Esther, his plot to kill…