Tag Archives: Jesus

BLOG: The Benefit of the Doubt

Cruising through Zambia on buses. Yesterday, I sat in the office of a bus station trying to convince the ticket vendor that “Ruth” really is my surname, and not just my wife’s name. After a few minutes and miles of confusion, he consented and started writing the tickets. He was a man about my age,Continue reading “BLOG: The Benefit of the Doubt”

SERMON: A Very Bloody Christmas

“A Very Bloody Christmas” Matthew 3:13-23; Hebrews 2:10-18; Psalm 84; and Jeremiah 31:10-17 Delivered December 29, 2013 at Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church New York, NY MANUSCRIPT AUDIO VIDEO If you’re not thinking about dead babies right now, then I’m not sure you were listening our last reading. And if you’re not thinking about Christmas right now,Continue reading “SERMON: A Very Bloody Christmas”

BLOG: That Icky Feeling

The fence around our Zambian home. “It just makes me feel icky all over.” These are the true words spoken by a fellow mission co-worker in Malawi, as she returned from talking to another guest at their door. This guest, like so many guests at a Mzungu’s door, sought a loan, another loan to beContinue reading “BLOG: That Icky Feeling”

SERMON: I Could Never Do That

  “I Could Never Do That” Luke 5:1-11 Delivered August 12, 2012 at Williamsburg Presbyterian Church Kingstree, SC AUDIO     |     MANUSCRIPT Have you ever read the Bible and thought, “Wow!  I could never do that!”  I know that I have. One story from the Bible has occupied my thoughts for severalContinue reading “SERMON: I Could Never Do That”