listen to sermon audio CLICK HERE. Narrative Lectionary text: Matthew 25:31-46. I’d like you to imagine something with me. Imagine that you work in customer service. You have the kind of job where your pay is reflected in the type of feedback you get from the people...
Friday, March 27. Matthew 26:6-13. How would you feel if you came to someone’s house and they brought out the special China, just for you? What would they be trying to tell you? They must think you are special. That is kind of what the woman did for Jesus in...
Thursday, March 26. Matthew 26:1-5. Today’s reading marks a sharp turn in the Gospel of Matthew. Jesus’ teaching is done. At least, his teaching in words is done. He spent his life telling people about the Kingdom of Heaven. Now, he is going to show us...
Wednesday, March 25. Matthew 25:14-30. Today’s parable is one of those stories that can be interpreted in two radically different ways. Your interpretation depends upon one key factor. Who does the master represent in the story? Option A: The Master Represents...
Tuesday, March 24. Matthew 24:29-51. I need to make two confessions this morning. First, I posted the wrong the reading yesterday. We read Psalm 43 two Mondays in a row. Did anyone notice? Did anyone care? The second confession is that today’s passage is a very...
I designed the Deep in the Burbs project around three phases. The first phase would consist of six large group meetings. The group would meet for two hours on six consecutive Monday evenings, starting on February 24, 2014 and ending on March 24, 2014. The second phase...
Monday, March 23. Psalm 43:1-5. Do you ever feel overwhelmed by all the bad news in the world? It seems that you can’t turn on the news and hear about people who want to hurt other people because of religious and/or political beliefs. There is violence and...
Using Participatory Action Research The DITB research question emerged because I had an experience that led to a hunch. My experience of the social Trinity had a profound impact on how I approached spiritual formation. I had a hunch that other people might have a...
Friday, March 20. Matthew 23:37-39. There is nothing that breaks a parent’s heart more than watching a child suffer the natural consequences of poor choices. We can teach the child, model good habits for her, warn him, but, in the end, the child makes his own...
