Family Trees (January 13th, 2013 sermon)

I know some people in this room can trace their genealogy back for centuries. I can’t go back that far in my own family tree—maybe four or five generations, with certainty, although there is a chance that one of my ancestors was on the crew of the pirate Jean Lafitte, in the early 1800s. The…

Wednesday, First Week of Advent

“In prayer, we seek God’s voice and allow God’s word to penetrate our fear and resistance so that we can begin to hear what God wants us to know. And what God wants us to know is that before we think or do or accomplish anything, before we have much money or little money, the…

And here is my colleague, Jodi’s commentary for the first Sunday of Advent

Heart of My Heart  Jodi’s blog Advent Devotional Commentary Jesus Beloved Son by Henri J.M. Nouwen Luke 21:34  Sunday Day One Usually I do not comment on the Sunday devotional.  But this being the first devotional of this series,…  Actually,  The first sentence of the devotional jumped out at me.  “Jesus has to be and…