Sermons
Forgiveness
One of Ernest Hemingway’s famous short stories begins like this: Madrid is full of boys named Paco, which is diminutive of the name Francisco, and there is a Madrid joke about a father who came to Madrid and inserted an advertisement in the personal columns of El Liberal which said: [...]
Worthy Pursuits
“On July 4th, 1776, it was finally unanimously ratified. And we then heard these great words which became etched into American history and into your personal history and mine: “We hold these truths to be self evident….that all men are created equal….and that they are endowed by their Creator ….with [...]
March of the Penguins
“Do you remember what you did on February 26, 2008 between the hours of 5:30 and 8:30 p.m.? It was a Tuesday, if that helps. There’s one thing you probably did not do. You didn’t go to Starbucks for coffee. On that day Starbucks closed 7000 stores for three hours [...]
It All Depends on Whose Hands It’s In
What is it that drives us, what is it that moves us, motivates us and inspires us? Is it achievement, is it success or money or admiration? What drives our church? Is it tradition, is it could be budgets or consumerism, or the inevitable ABCs of church ministry: attendance, buildings [...]
