This is my reflection for Sunday Service of March 27, 2022 Biblical Witness: The Gospel Of John 1:19 — 23 This is the testimony given by...

Biblical Witness Genesis 45:25 – 46:5 The sons of Israel went up out of Egypt after meeting with Joseph and came to their father Jacob in...

Biblical Witness The Gospel Of Mark 3:19b – 30 Jesus went home and the crowd came together again, so that he and his disciples could not...

This is my Ash Wednesday reflection from March 2, 2022 1st Biblical Witness Ecclesiastes 2:9 – 25 So I became great and surpassed all who...

I will find beauty It is a treasure I seek Beauty at its core Substantial beauty that I might miss When I only look on the surface In...

Job 14:7-15 “For there is hope for a tree, if it is cut down, that it will sprout again, and that its shoots will not cease. Though its...

This is  my sermon from July 10, 2016 Job 2:11 – 13 Now when Job’s three friends heard of all these troubles that had come upon him,...

Today I heard some devastating news. One of my seminary professors has died. But he didn’t just die, he first shot his long time partner...

What is happening to us? What is happening in the U.S.? I have read comments that commended this violence as the work of God. At these...

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Janus_.jpg What does it mean to move forward? Whatever it means, it takes equal parts grace and...

The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; those who lived in a land of deep darkness — on them light has shined. You...

Micah 5:2;4 – 5a (NRSV) But you, O Bethlehem of Ephrathah, who are one of the little clans of Judah, from you shall come forth for me one...

Over and over angels, Spirit, and Jesus remind us to not give ourselves to fear.  I don’t believe we live in a time which is any more...

Luke 2:8-11, 15 In that region there were shepherds living in the fields, keeping watch over their flock by night. Then an angel of the...

Luke 3:1 – 6 In the fifteenth year of the reign of Emperor Tiberius, when Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, and Herod was ruler of...

At least 14 people dead and another 14 injured in a shooting today in San Bernardino, California. Please take a moment and say a prayer...

I LOVE Kid President!! Below is one of his great pep talk videos. Once a month at First and Grace we have what we call Dinner and...

Today in Northern Indiana it is beautiful. I have the blessing of sometimes being able to leave the office to work. I took advantage of...

Amy Grant was and is very inspirational to me. To gear up for my day I decided to listen to some of her music. There is a lot of good...