Blog, Dwelling, Episode 2
Click this link to check out Eric’s epic blog post on the Pillar of Wisdom. The Pillar of Wisdom
Blog, Dwelling, Episode 1
Scripture: 2 Samuel 12:1-9; Psalm 51:1-12 A number of years ago, Shel Silverstein penned a cartoon in The New Yorker depicting two haggard, emaciated men shackled to the wall of a dungeon. Set in the roof far above their heads is a window with iron bars providing no...
Blog, Episode 6, Way Out of No Way
Scripture: Joshua 24:1-15 Last week we joined Israel at the base of Mt. Sinai following the great Exodus from Egypt. There they were invited to enter into a special covenant with God which was really the culmination of the covenant God had made with Abraham and...
Blog, Episode 5, Way Out of No Way
Scripture: Exodus 19:3-7; 20:1-17 Okay, go! Each week we’ve been asking – and seeking to answer – a particular question with respect to how God is able to “make a way out of no way” in our lives and in our world. Last week considered the Old Testament’s ultimate “way...
Blog, Episode 3, Way Out of No Way
Scripture: Genesis 39:1-23 Over the last two weeks we’ve considered two biblical stories, looking for clues regarding how God “makes a way out of no way” in our lives and in our world. In the story of Noah and The Flood, we are challenged to “bow before God’s...
Blog, Episode 2, Way Out of No Way
Beyond the Rainbow Last week the story of Noah and The Flood served as a springboard for exploring the question of whether or not we can trust a God who allows great evil in the world. We found that the covenant God makes with Noah and the human race, symbolized by...
Blog, Episode 1, Way Out of No Way
Narrative Lectionary: Genesis 6:16-22; 9:8-15 A Way Out of Now Way The major claim made – and supported – by this series is that God is able to make a way through dark times when we’ve lost all hope of finding a way forward ourselves. The phrase “a way out of no way”...
Blog, Drawn In, Episode 5
Many of you know that I was a Quality Assurance Manager in the seafood industry before I entered the ministry. I was a “fisher of fish” before I was a “fisher of people,” so to speak. Looking back on that time, I learned a lot of important lessons about life –...
Blog, Drawn In, Episode 4
Paul was deeply committed to DREAMING God’s dream for the world, HOVERING until he found his place within God’s dream, and RISKING everything he had to follow where he was called. But unlike the Ford Motor Company when they developed the Edsel (see my last post),...
Blog, Drawn In, Episode 4
The first thing I heard when my clock radio went off last Friday was an NPR reporter citing research that concludes that the most important aspect of being an entrepreneur is listening. “How fitting,” I thought, as I anticipated Sunday’s Darkwood Brew topic … on...
