There was not a manuscript for this meditation but you can listen to the audio linked in this post

Text: Mark 4:35-41 It is one of the oldest and most theologically formidable questions uttered throughout human history: Does God care about our suffering? The biblical narrative does not shy away from this question. From the cries of Hagar as she watched the life of her first-born son fade as she placed him under that […]

Text: I Samuel 15:34 – 16:13 What are you holding back? For years, I held back. I held back my faith questions as a young child growing up in a Southern Baptist Church. I held back because I wanted to be a good Christian and good Christians don’t question the Bible. For years, I held […]

Text: Mark 3:20-35 Finally, I have figured out the one thing I have in common with Jesus. I get called crazy at least once a day by someone. Okay, maybe that’s an overstatement but it does happen often. Karla will often say to one of my outrageous ideas or comments, “You are out of your […]

Text: Isaiah 6:1-8 I imagine we have all heard it once or twice. You don’t have what it takes. You lack the experience we are looking for. You haven’t published enough. You just don’t have the charisma or the academic training or the skill we need. That indiscretion in your past is a problem. You’re […]

Text: John 17:6-19 We do not live in a moral nation. This is a jarring statement and one that may seem hyperbolic. We are immersed through the media and our telling of our history, and our holidays in the narrative propaganda of a moral America. And yet, in recent weeks, a number of incidents around […]

Text: Psalm 23 Seventy-nine years ago today, on April 22, 1939, a young couple stood before their pastor in the sanctuary of Citadel Square Baptist Church in Charleston, SC to pledge their love for one another in marriage. The only other people present were their parents and several siblings, the couple’s finances being such that […]

Text: Luke 24:36-48 Lillian Lee was my paternal grandfather’s first cousin. I have spoken of her before in sermons along with her parents, Aunt Vessie and Uncle Grover. Maybe you remember me talking about Aunt Vessie and Uncle Grover and their passion for watching World Wide Wrestling on their black and white TV. In the […]

Selections from Psalm 37 & Psalm 30:5 The sermon I will preach today is not the sermon I had planned on preaching. The scripture text in the worship guide was my original text as well as the sermon title. But my original text and sermon didn’t seem to fit the context for today. And so, […]

Text: John 20:1-18 Earlier this week, I mentioned to Nora, my daughter, that I needed to go home to work on my Easter sermon. In true Nora fashion, she replied, “What can you say about Easter that hasn’t already been said?” And with that one question, the panic button was pushed and writer’s block set […]