Monthly Archives: January, 2015
January 25, 2015 – Fishing with My Dad
To listen to this sermon, click here: 110604_001 One of my most precious memories from childhood is a morning I spent with my Dad when I was nine or ten years old. Our family sometimes rented a cabin in Meramec State Park for a weekend getaway when we kids were little; my parents weren’t really …
January 18, 2015 – The Story Retold
To listen to this sermon, click here: 110528_001 It is a very human thing to re-tell stories. We do it all the time. When my children were little, like all parents I used to tell them stories at bedtime. Sometimes we read chapter books together, but a lot of times I would tell the old …
January 11, 2015 – The Day God Showed Up
To listen to this sermon, click here: 110521_001 According to any kind of human logic, the moment of God’s appearing in the world should have been at the pinnacle of human virtue and holiness. when people had finally reached high enough or became wise enough, or offered enough sacrifices, or performed enough acts of goodness, …
January 4, 2015, Epiphany – Joyfully Ever After
To listen to this sermon, click here: 110514_001 We live in a culture that is all about being happy. The pursuit of happiness is right there in our declaration of independence, one of our ‘inalienable rights’ as human beings. But as modern Americans we have made the pursuit of happiness our national pastime, at least …
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