by SteveT2018 | Sep 17, 2019 | podcast, sermons2019
What makes you laugh? Abraham and Sarah laughed at God’s ridiculous promise that Sarah would have a child in her old age. Their cynical laugh was not unfounded as it came from a place of shame and disapointment. Yet, God demonstrated that God’s desire is...
by SteveT2018 | Sep 6, 2019 | Visual Preaching
This is the first week of the Narrative Lectionary for Fall 2019. Here we see original creation. Humanity is the interdependent relationship of plurality. We are not alone. We are created in and for community. We are one flesh. We were meant to be naked and unashamed with each other, fully present as helper and partner.
![In _________ We Trust | A Sermon from a Deep Life of Generosity]()
by SteveT2018 | Nov 13, 2018 | podcast, sermons2018
This sermon begins a three week series on Generosity. In ______ We Trust? What would you fill in that gap? Americans have been trained to say, “God” because it is printed on all our money. I wonder how true it is. Genesis 3:1-13 sets the stage for the...
by SteveT2018 | Sep 25, 2016 | sermons2016
Have you ever looked at your family system and felt shame and/or disappointment? “How is God at work in this mess,” you wonder. This sermon comes from the Narrative Lectionary text, Genesis 37:3-8, 26-34; 50:15-21, and reminds us that, even in a messed up...
![A Visual Guide to Joseph’s Story from the Narrative Lectionary Year 3]()
by SteveT2018 | Sep 23, 2016 | Bible Doodle, Sketches, Visual Preaching
The Narrative Lectionary poses us a formidable task this week. It essentially sets us up to tell the entire story of Joseph from Genesis 37-50. Even more, it begs us to fill in all the gaps between last week’s text in Genesis 15:6 to the end of the book. We...
