I’m bad at faking things. I suppose this is good for a pastor, but it’s also awkward sometimes. For example, if someone makes a joke and I just don’t get it, there’s this special art of not letting on that you have no idea what was so funny. I’m really bad at that. In that […]
In a sermon clip, Pastor Matt Chandler makes this wonderful observation, “I want to be straight; I love you enough to be straight. YOU’RE NOT DAVID! Your trouble in life is not Goliath.” Chandler was pointing out, accurately, that the Bible is not about us, it is about God’s unfolding work of redemption in Jesus […]
My Mom’s Memorial Service Sermon (reconstructed from my notes) I have preached at about 75 funeral, memorial, and graveside services. But I have never preached one like this. I have had so many thoughts about what to preach at your own mom’s memorial service. I landed on John 20:1-18, it is one of my favorite […]