A sermon preached at Southminster Presbyterian Church in Boise, Idaho October 10, 2015 Deuteronomy 5:1-21, 6:4-9 Here’s the video we used to open worship. Last week, we heard of Moses’ being claimed by God and called by God to lead God’s people out of slavery in Egypt. And he does. The Hebrew people then have…
Two Sundays ago, during the time with the children in worship, I was telling them about how Jacob wrestled with God and how his name got changed to Israel in Gen 32. I mentioned other biblical characters who also went through name changes. I told them about a couple in our church who just got…
Our family enjoyed the book The Martian by Andy Weir when we read it this summer. Great storytelling. And SCIENCE! Yay. What’s not to love? So we saw the movie opening night. It did not disappoint. Yes, they inevitably made some changes to adapt it to screen (read this article to watch a funny video…
I may not be the stereotypical Taylor Swift fan, but there’s something about her 1989 album of which I just can’t get enough. Yes, it makes me want to dance. And she’s a gifted story teller. And she can sing. It’s more than that though. And I’m not sure I knew what it was until…
I’ve been trying to ignore Donald Trump and just hope he will go away. You can’t just keep making the offensive comments he’s made and remain in the race for the Republican nomination for President, can you? To recap a few of his worst statements: Trump on why Senator John McCain is not a war…
A few weeks ago I blogged over at RevGals about a local facebook kerfluffle about free lunches for kids at schools. You can read the first post here. Someone ‘tagged’ the person who was not a fan of this lunch program when they shared it on Facebook. He responded in a similar manner as he…
The Rowan County Clerk in Kentucky is sitting in jail as I type because of her refusal to do her job. She appealed all the way to the US Supreme Court because she claimed her Christian faith prohibits her from having her name on the marriage licenses of marriages she doesn’t personally support. The very…
The news has been bringing me down lately. I know there is always bad news out there. And I know to monitor my intake of it. I know to look for stories that reflect something other than the fear mongering or the dregs of human behavior in which some media channels tend to traffic. This…
Sunday I preached about how, as parents, we want to make sure our kids acquire wisdom, and not just knowledge. Knowledge is good and all, but we all know people who are packed full of knowledge but have no idea how to use what they have to be kind to people, or to make the…
In Monty Python’s “Meaning of Life”, a father sings a song to his 50 plus children crowded around their living room. “Because every sperm is sacred Every sperm is great If a sperm is wasted God gets quite irate” When Monty Python performed the song, I’m quite confident they didn’t intend for anyone to hear…
