Deuteronomy 33:12, Psalm 131 Life isn’t safe. I was with my father this last month and dealt with the concerns of my five sisters that he will be unable to take care of himself now that my mother has died. He has a bit of a short-term memory problem. As he told me, “I can…
Malachi 2:17-3:5 For just about two thousand years the church has been expecting the return of Jesus. The early church expected Jesus to come soon. Generation after generation has expected Jesus soon. From time to time people have been so caught up in this expectation that they sold all they had and waited on a…
Isaiah 40:1-11 All over the western world and maybe elsewhere at this time of year at thousands of concert halls or churches or school auditoriums, this scenario is being played out. You may have been an observer or maybe even a participant in one of these events. The audience is assembled and then the musicians…
Mark 4:26-29 I have been delighted at the response to my sermon last week. If you were not here, I talked about the need to have a devoted time to be with God each day. This may not sound new or different, but I shared from the weakness in my life and encouraged people to…
Isaiah 40:27-31 I was in the US from August 30 until September 9 for the wedding of my nephew and a memorial service for my mother. The week before I returned, I was at the home of my wife’s parents west of Boston in Massachusetts. We sat in their screened porch each lunch looking out…