Feb 10, 2016 | Sermons
February 10, 2016 In the 2005 comedy, “School of Life,” Norman Warner, the beloved English teacher, had won teacher of the year award for 43 consecutive years at Fallbrook Middle School. He died with the trophy in his arms after receiving it for the final time at the...
Feb 7, 2016 | Sermons
February 7, 2016 Thank you. Thank you for the gift of being away last month. My sabbatical was a time of rest, reflection, recharging, rejuvenation, and rethinking some of what I do and why I do it. In almost thirty years of ministry, there have been two other times...
Feb 2, 2016 | Blog
My father-in-law, as a master gardener, has a close connection to the earth. He has enriched his garden through the years with hundreds of loads of pecan hulls from the local pecan company. Because the earth gives back so freely and because he believes it’s a biblical...
Dec 29, 2015 | Sermons
Mark 10:13-16 When I was a boy “The Wonderful World of Disney” came on ABC at the same time Sunday evening church services started. If we were running late getting out the door I saw Tinker Bell with her magic wand sprinkle pixie dust around the television screen as...
Dec 29, 2015 | Sermons
Christmas Eve Matthew 2:13-18 I recently heard a popular comedian appealing to adults not to let their children watch the news. Let them live for a few years without fear and worry. Let them laugh and play. Then he laughed at himself and said, “I sound like an...
