Matthew 21:23-27 What Gives You the Right?
What Gives You the Right
I like mountain biking even where there are no mountains. I like to jog and call it running. I read books to learn stuff. My family is pretty much awesome. ReCAST is the church where I belong. Jesus is my Lord and Savior. I like the color yellow.
5 Blessings in 2020
I keep hearing comments and seeing memes that act like 2020 is a curse word. And although most of those things are just meant to be jokes, I think it is clear that people are tired of everything we have faced since January 1, 2020. But there are still good things. And I realize that…
Don’t Let the Dream Die
There is a phrase from Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech that has resonated deeply in my soul. As a person that grew up in a very homogenous white farming community in Michigan, I only had the thing I read to go on. I read the speech in high school. And this…
Matthew 21:12-17 The Lord in His Temple
Matthew 21 – The Lord In His Temple
Sweating Out the Stress
I think all of us have had a fairly common experience in the past several months. We all certainly face our own unique mix of troubles, but one thing is common. It has been a hard time. There was the early stress of quarantine and learning new habits of working from home. There has been…
Matthew 21:1-11 Perpetual Misunderstandings
Perpetual Misunderstandings
Humility and Angry Politics
Fall is my favorite season except for every four years. There are some political seasons that I wish we could just skip and go straight to winter. But this morning, God met me in a quiet moment as I was reading an obscure corner of the book of Daniel. Daniel is offering a confession to…
Matthew 20:29-34 But They Cried Out More
But They Cried Out More