(This sermon was preached on the day that we ordained and installed elders and deacons to be servant leaders of our congregation) The word of God came to Jonah a second time, saying, “Get up, go to Nineveh.” This is take two for the prophet Jonah. The first time God spoke, he ran in the […]
I don’t often watch tv news, but when I did watch this week, I saw that red rectangle with the white letters that say, “Breaking news!” It was breaking news that Al Franken, John Conyers, and Trent Franks, all resigned from Congress in the wake of allegations of sexual misconduct. Breaking news that President Trump […]
In June of 1955, my mother was nine months and one week pregnant, living in Biloxi Mississippi in a 23 ft. trailer with my Air Force dad and a one-year-old daughter, in 95 degree, muggy—sweat like a pig day and night heat. She was miserable. Dad suggested they go to the movies, the only air-conditioned […]