Chosen Fast

A sermon preached at Southminster Presbyterian Church, Boise, Idaho February 6, 2011 Isaiah 58:1-14 Shout out, do not hold back! Lift up your voice like a trumpet! Announce to my people their rebellion, to the house of Jacob their sins. Yet day after day they seek me and delight to know my ways, as if…

The Bad News in the Good News

A conversation about the text December 26, 2010 Matt 2:13-23 Now after they had left, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, “Get up, take the child and his mother, and flee to Egypt, and remain there until I tell you; for Herod is about to search for the…

Finding Joseph

A sermon preached at Southminster Presbyterian Church on Dec 19, 2010 Matt 1:18-25 Now the birth of Jesus the Messiah took place in this way. When his mother Mary had been engaged to Joseph, but before they lived together, she was found to be with child from the Holy Spirit. Her husband Joseph, being a…

Come, Lord Jesus

A sermon preached at Southminster on November 21 2010 Colossians 1:11-20 May you be made strong with all the strength that comes from his glorious power, and may you be prepared to endure everything with patience, while joyfully giving thanks to the Father, who has enabled you to share in the inheritance of the saints…

Southminster’s Wordle

While I was looking at a friend’s blog, I came across this application that turns the words on your site into visual art. You can make your own wordle here. Here’s the ‘wordle’ from this blog.

Big Barns

A Sermon preached at Southminster Presbyterian October 17, 2010 Luke 12:13-31 Someone in the crowd said to him, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the family inheritance with me.”  But he said to him, “Friend, who set me to be a judge or arbitrator over you?” And he said to them, “Take care! Be on…