A sermon preached at Southminster Presbyterian Church in Boise, Idaho Nov 1, 2015 1 Kings 12:1-17 Remember how God warned the people that they didn’t want a king? Remember how they didn’t listen to God and insisted on a king? They’ve gone through King Saul, King David, and David’s son, King Solomon. Solomon was known…
Autumn has always been my favorite season. Growing up in Spokane, the South Hill is always a lovely place to be in Autumn. I found this photo gallery of Manito scenes in the Autumn. Gorgeous. I loved crunching through the deep piles of leaves on my walk to and from school. I loved building houses…
A sermon preached at Southminster Presbyterian Church in Boise, Idaho October 18, 2015 Ruth 1:1-17 This story, we’re told, takes place during the time of the Judges. A famine in the land caused Naomi and her family to leave the Promised Land and go back across the river to Moab, modern day Jordan. Her husband,…
This is a sermon I preached many years ago in chapel at Columbia Theological Seminary, in the days before Marci had a blog. The story of Ruth is in the Narrative Lectionary this week, and while this is not the sermon I’m preaching Sunday, it still has something to say. Ruth 4:9-10a and 13-17 1st…
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…
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