The Place to Be Imperfect

A sermon preached at Southminster Presbyterian Church in Boise, Idaho on June 16, 2013 1 Kings 21:1-21a I meet each week with a group of clergy for a Bible study about the texts we’ll be preaching each week. After reading this one, someone asked, “is anyone actually preaching this text?” I said I was and…

Practice Makes (not) Perfect

In worship on Epiphany, the day the church remembers the star that led the magi to Jesus, we passed out pieces of paper that had been cut into nice star shapes. On each star was printed a word. I invited the congregation members to take a star and consider how God might be speaking to…