Transfiguration | A Glimpse of Light for This Present Darkness
https://youtu.be/QX7eUUsX7Os A Glimpse! This week in our journey through the Gospel of Luke we come to the climactic turning point in Jesus’ story. His time of ministry in Galilee is finished. He is ready to turn his eyes to Jerusalem and take his death march. He is...
Drawing Love on Valentine’s Day | A Contemplative Livestream Experience
Valentine’s Day fell on a Friday this year. Art Pastor Live usually happens on Friday afternoon. So, I decided that I would dwell in the concept of love during this livestream. It ended up being like an illustrated sermon. Enjoy!
How Can We Possibly Love Them?!?
How Can We Possibly Love Them?!? Here is a strange reality of human existence. Each tribe has its own version of “them” to place in the question above. How could we possibly love…them? Many of my friends, family, and students in the LGBTQIA+ and...
Wisdom is Vindicated by All Her Children | A Visual Commentary on Luke 7:35
This visual commentary on Luke 7:35 explores what Jesus may have meant when he said “wisdom is vindicated by all her children.” He said this in response to how the crowd was confused and divided over whether Jesus was a man of God or a sinner. In this commentary I also explore our current confusion over the word sin.
Faith and Compassion | A Sermon on Luke 7:1-17 from the Narrative Lectionary
Download PowerPoint This sermon looks at two contrasting stories. The first is the powerful centurion who humbled himself and demonstrated unusual faith. The second is the widow who lost her only son and the compassion that Jesus has on her. These two stories...
Drawing with Feeling
Enjoy this recording of the Art Pastor Live session from Friday, January 31, 2025. I spent about 45 minutes drawing this expressing portrait in Procreate on the iPad as a contemplative practice.
Luke 2.1 Video Released! Rejection in Nazareth, Success in Capernaum | Luke 4:14-44
I just added the next video to the Gospel of Luke class. Luke Part 2.1. In Luke 4:14-44 Jesus is rejected in Nazareth, but his ministry launches from Capernaum. https://youtu.be/9W9zeno6ND0 This is page 4 of A Cartoonist’s Guide to Luke Study Luke with Me! at...
The Gospel of Luke in the Shadow of Tyranny
I’m struggling with how to be present as a pastor in this moment of life in the United States in light of certain executive orders that have been issued. Many of the people with whom I work and serve are terrified right now because their lives, and their...
