I’m far from home tonight. Sitting on my hotel balcony, overlooking the Ohio River in downtown Louisville, Kentucky. I’m far from home when startling news has been announced. In a 57 page decision, US Magistrate Judge Candy Dale determined Idaho’s Constitutional ban against same gender marriage is unconstitutional. “… Idaho’s Marriage Laws withhold from them…
God, you are the God of all of the moments of our lives—our celebrations and our mournings. Today we come to you with both. We thank you this day for mothers; for the gift of our lives made possible in the fullness of time through their labor, pain, and joy. For everyone who modeled for…
A sermon preached at Southminster Presbyterian Church in Boise, Idaho May the 4th Be With You, 2014 Acts 2:36-47 I confess I read this passage and don’t recognize the world described. We started today at the end of a long sermon of Peter’s. This sermon will be shorter. I don’t expect crowds of people to…
In Presbyterian Church tradition, regional groups of churches are called presbyteries. And when presbyteries meet, we worship together, as representatives of the various congregations. We do work and we enjoy fellowship with people we love but don’t always get to see. Even though our presbytery meetings are on Saturdays, when I am often also expected…
My post over at RevGals today.
Last night in worship, we read through Matthew’s account of the Last Supper, Betrayal, Arrest, Trial, and Crucifixion of Jesus. Matthew’s description (in chapter 27) of Pilate’s response to Jesus stayed with me: So when Pilate saw that he could do nothing, but rather that a riot was beginning, he took some water and washed…
A Sermon preached at Southminster Presbyterian Church in Boise, Idaho on April 6, 2014. Ezekiel 37:1-14 John 11:17-45 Over spring break, Alden and I joined 50 other people from Boise High on a tour of Berlin, Prague, Krakow, and Budapest. One of the stops on our trip was Auschwitz-Birkenau, two Nazi concentration camps. It was…
I’ll be speaking more about this on Sunday in worship, but wanted to share the video a friend took while we were touring the Birkenau Concentration Camp. It was one of those moments where I was thankful to be at the right place at the right time. If anyone knows what they are singing, I…
Genesis 2:15-17, 3:1-7 Matt 4:1-11 I’ve not been a huge fan of this story from Genesis. I’ll confess that right now. Eve makes bad decisions that have caused women misery for yearrrsss. Adam doesn’t seem to make any of his own decisions, but is happy to let Eve take the fall. And the snake—I hate…
One of our news channels today aired this story about the cost of the Add the Words demonstrations at the Idaho Capitol this session. http://www.ktvb.com/news/capitol-watch/Police-protesters-talk-about-the-cost-of-Add-the-4-Words-protests-248917111.html And the dollars are real. Apparently it has cost the state $19,000 dollars to arrest over 100 unarmed and non-violent citizens who were standing at the capitol hoping their elected…
Glass Overflowing 