It’s not hard right now to be bombarded with images and stories of Value – the value of the dollar, the value of elected officials, the value in your home and other assets, family values, traditional values, the value menu at (insert your favorite fast food restaurant). We see so[…]
How James Bond is like the church
I’m a big fan of the 007 films. When I was 15 years old a family friend of mine got me hooked. My first bond movie was Thunderball and I watched it in the Florida Keys. If you know anything about Thunderball, you know it’sgot water, and sharks and boats[…]
Summit – the vision quest
I love the Arthurian legend! When I was 10, my mom and I watched the classic Excalibur on TBS one Sunday afternoon and ever since I’ve been hooked! That movie was/is so good – I mean Captain Picard before he was famous and Liam Neeson prior to just being awesome![…]
Vision: Imagination
I’m sitting in the Northern Kentucky Conference Center waiting to be called back to donate blood. It’s part of our KY United Methodist Annual Conference. This year, our Bishop wanted clergy and lay delegates alike to not just sit and absorb the words and messages we were hearing but to[…]
Preparing…
Joy’s been trying to get me to listen to a CD she downloaded from Itunes about a month ago. Yesterday, I finally put it on my ipod and this morning as the boys and I were on our way to school, we cranked it up. I’ve listened to a LOT[…]
Threads – the rituals of the early church (part 1)
The Threads series is a focus on those elements of the early church that kinda set them a part early on in their life as a community. We’re using Acts 2:42-47 to uncover some of these pieces and how they relate to the 21st century. Last week at our worship[…]
Threads – Part 1
Acts is without a doubt one of my favorite books in all of Literature (not just Scripture). There is something deeply amazing about this book. Obviously, it has a ton of stuff that God is doing through the Holy Spirit – in fact, one of my professors challenged us to[…]
Passion Week and a bad mood
It’s Maundy Thursday today. Traditionally, this week is my absolute favorite time of the year. I love Passion Week – Palm Sunday, Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, Holy Saturday and Easter! It’s like SuperBowl week for followers of Jesus. I used to think that there were only 3 days of Passion[…]
Back in Town
Scripture tells us that 6 days before the Passover, Jesus went to visit his friends in Bethany (John 12). Bethany is an interesting little town – it’s about a mile and a half from Jerusalem and it’s name means house of figs. Many scholars believe that Bethany was a village[…]