Holiness Reeducation

One of the truly brilliant teaching methods that Jesus used was taking contemporary elements of the world  around him and turning them into spiritual metaphors. Living in an agrarian culture most of these were centered around plants, seeds, soil, and harvests. These metaphors, interwoven within parables, were the key building block to Jesus’ teaching. So [...]

For months now I have been wrestling with some ideas in Doug Pagitt’s book Preaching in the Inventive Age. (I blogged about this a little bit before) There is no act of worship that I am more passionate about or spend more of my life thinking about than preaching. It is at the center of [...]

Here is the audio from my sermon yesterday, looking at the joy we experience through the Jubilee of Jesus 12.11.11 – Jubilee Joy

Here is the audio from today’s sermon on Matthew 28 and the great commission. 11.6.11 – Being Left in Charge

Here is my sermon from 10/16/11  on Matthew 16. I take a look at the high invitation/high challenge nature of following Jesus. I reference the following matrix a lot, so it would be helpful to look at as you listen. 10.16.11 – Simple and Hard Not Complex and Easy  

I am always on the look out for music that speaks to preaching and this week it is the Avett Brothers on my mind. (It just so happens that Gretchen and I are seeing them in concert on Thursday). This song, And it Spread, has been swimming around in the sermon section of my brain [...]

This summer at DCC we are going to the cinema. At least we are searching for movies that preach. This week I am preaching through the movie True Grit. I am using the remake from last year, not the John Wayne original. Have any of you seen this film? What were the most preachable/teachable moments [...]

I happened to notice yesterday that I was sitting at 699 posts. I have no idea what I have said over these 699 posts, but I appreciate anyone who has taken the time to read some of them and add their comments. So for this my 700th post I simply have a question. What posts [...]

We are continuing our series My ____ Life this week with a look at our working lives.  In some regards I feel a little out of my element preaching about work life. My work is the church. My work environment is as pleasant and conducive to my personality as possible. I am never sad to [...]

Sometimes as a preacher you plan things out perfectly and moments of life fit perfectly with a particular message or series. Sometimes, however, it is just beautiful happenstance. This Sunday I am preaching on marriage two days after what will be the most talked about and watched wedding in the history of the world. So [...]