The Healer: Healing The Spirit And Flesh In The Gospel Of Mark by Andy Stoddard

September 30, 2015

You can look at some of the big picture issues of location and context and fear within Mark 5:1-19.  Today…

He Had a Name by Omar Rikabi

September 28, 2015

The first name given in creation was Adam. It means humanity.

The Scripture story tells us that God, through Jesus Christ, created all of humanity in his image and breathed into us the breath of life.

I thought of Adam when I saw the first hashtag given to Aylan’s story: Humanity Washed Ashore.

Metaphor And Love by Aaron Perry

September 24, 2015

I can still see them. More than that, I can still sense them: The images from the first horror movie…

A Life Worth Questioning by Cole Bodkin

September 23, 2015

“Conduct yourselves wisely toward outsiders, making the most of the time. Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so…

At Your Table: New Room Deconstructed by Elizabeth Glass Turner

September 21, 2015

“What’s that song you’re humming?” my five-year-old asked as we sat parked in the ATM line. “I’m gonna feast at…

There Are No Write Off’s with God by James Petticrew

September 17, 2015

He says that “in Christ,” through what Christ has done for us in his life, death and resurrection, through his empowering Spirit and inspiring example and our relationship with Christ, God is recreating, restoring us to what he originally intended us to be. The Greek word that Paul uses literally means a “masterpiece.”

Preaching to Young Adults in the Midst of a Paradigm Shift by Kelcy Steele

September 16, 2015

Sociologist, historians, and theologians suggest that we are living in the midst of a paradigm shift. Young adults inhabit a different world than that of their parents.

There Is a Place the Lord Must Bring You by Otis McMillan

September 14, 2015

The Lord took Peter, James, and John to a high mountain apart. It was essential, for their effectiveness, that He reveal facts about Him they did not yet know. It is important to note that they were separated from the others and it is not by accident that they journeyed to a high mountain apart. He had something to show them and needed their total attention.

Do We Create Ourselves? What It Means To Be Human by Aaron Perry

September 11, 2015

The global West’s current fundamental battle of narratives is whether or not there is a context to being human. The…

When Preachers Read by Elizabeth Glass Turner

September 9, 2015

“Read everything.” Rev. Steve DeNeff, a pastor and well-known preacher and speaker in The Wesleyan Church, said this one day…