Sermons from January 2026

I am not the best tourist when it comes to following specific pilgrimage paths, since I take things a bit too literally than is recommended in the tourism industry. Walking the path of Jesus in the Holy Land, I often found myself skeptically casting aside all of the comments that were made about Jesus having touched this rock or that portion of beach. How can they prove…

As I was looking at our fridge this week, I was taking a moment to reflect on all the love that is evident in our lives by the Christmas cards, birthday drawings, and travel magnets that cover the entire front of our fridge. One of the things that is still there, too, is a copy of the invitation that we sent out for our wedding. From visiting the homes of our friends and…

This week, Emily and I were watching TV, when James Earl Jones appeared as one of the episode guest stars. From Darth Vader to Mufasa, James Earl Jones has a very distinctive voice. For some reason, it was always a voice like his or Morgan Freeman’s that I imagined as God’s voice coming from the heavens when I hear the story of Jesus’ baptism. I want there to be some…