listen to sermon audio CLICK HERE. Narrative Lectionary Text. Easter 2. Matthew 28:16-20. Here’s my big question for today. Are you a missionary? What do you think of when you hear the word “missionary?” When I was growing up, whenever I imagined a missionary in my...
Deep in the Burbs is my PhD Dissertation. View the digital version of it here. This is a participatory action research project that asks: How might an increased awareness and understanding of the social Trinity impact the ideation and praxis of spiritual formation in...
Thursday, April 16. Acts 8:26-40. (This is a repost from the Acts study) Throughout history the term “Christianity” came to be identified as a European institution. In the Middle Ages this was so true that the Geographical region of Western Europe was called...
Wednesday, April 15. Acts 8:4-25. (this is a repost from the Acts study) In the 1 st century the practice of the magic arts was widespread across the world. Even though it was officially illegal according to the Roman law, it was common practice among the people. The...
Tuesday, April 14. Acts 7:54-8:1. (this is a repost from the Acts study) One of the greatest killers in our world is not cancer or AIDS. It is bitterness. Through bitterness the enemy can get hold of our souls and inflict a spiritual cancer that will imprison us in...
Friday, April 10. Acts 5:12-16. Note to the regular devo reader: We have abruptly jumped into the book of Acts. If you would like an introduction to Acts, I invite you to read here. Now onto today’s reading… The book of Acts is a description of what the...
Wednesday, April 8. Acts 1:12-26. Life is full of choices. Every parent’s hope (and fear) for their children is that they would make good choices. Hopefully it is fairly easy to figure out what the good choices are compared to the bad choices: no drugs vs....
I did a little experiment this year and set a goal to make one video a month for the Own Your Faith students at Grace. Own Your Faith (OYF) is a process we invite our high school freshmen to experience leading up to Confirmation. They do three years of catechism in...
Tuesday, April 7. Matthew 28:11-15. There is a new show on TV called Secrets and Lies. I’ve not seen it, and I have no desire to see it, but the premise of the show describes how one man discovers a body and the ensuing investigation uncovers all the secrets and...
