2 Samuel 12:15-25 Trusting the Director
Trusting the Director
I like mountain biking even where there are no mountains. I like to jog and call it running. I read books to learn stuff. My family is pretty much awesome. ReCAST is the church where I belong. Jesus is my Lord and Savior. I like the color yellow.
Defining Woman
Can we assume that Eve was the first woman? She was certainly the first female. But is the word “woman” merely reserved for a gendered cultural expression that can only be defined based on social constructs? I assume that cultural expressions were quite limited being that just her and Adam existed AND that the fashion…
Psalm 51 The Pattern of Confession
The Pattern of Confession
2 Samuel 12:1-15 The God Who Pursues
The God Who Pursues
2 Samuel 11 The Quest for a Better King
The Quest for a Better King
Why Community?
I am preaching the very difficult passage of 2 Samuel 11 this week. David and Bathsheba is a super shocking passage in context. Everything is going great in David’s life and then *WHAM* he’s raping one of his soldier’s wives and murdering her husband as a cover up! And the text is starkly unemotional about…
2 Samuel 10 Rejected Grace
Rejected Grace
Clergy/Laity: Are We Really That Different?
I have never been a huge fan of a major distinction between clergy and laity, pastor and parishioner, shepherd and sheep. There are certainly responsibilities I have by virtue of my occupation. And I certainly believe that I will give a certain type of higher accounting for my calling before God as a teacher and…