“Second Family” Sermon

Like the Acts 16 Sermon, this one also opened with a clip.  This time from Band of Brothers.  Click here for the clip.  The sermon is titled “Second Family.”             Last week Larry talked about becoming a part of God’s family.  This week we’re looking at those people in our lives who are like family, [...]

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Ruth 1 Text

My second sermon for the Wednesday series “All in the Family” dealt with the topic of those people who are as close to us as family but aren’t related.  The sermon text was Ruth 1.  Again, I used the Message for this sermon.  I was surprised to discover that it highlighted part of the Hebrew better than any other [...]

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Reflections on Itinerancy pt 3

Like any system, the itinerant system is not perfect.  Especially as family and economic systems change, our system has not changed completely with them.  There has been some change.  In years past, Methodist pastors moved every three years without fail.  Now tenures are increasing.  Also, in the past, Methodist pastors tended to be a two-for-one [...]

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Reflections on Itinerancy pt 2

As I shared in my last sermon, knowing the Methodist practice of itinerancy was one of my largest struggles with ministry. After getting over the initial shock of the call and putting aside my feelings of inadequacy for the task of shepherding God’s people, I wrestled for a long time with itinerancy. Could I handle [...]

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Reflections on Itinerancy pt 1

        After my last sermon, I’ve been thinking more about the itinerancy system in the Methodist church.  So here’s a two-part reflection on the system that may expand to three depending on how I feel. Part one is a general reflection. Part two will be a more personal look at the system. If there is a [...]

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Acts 16 Sermon

Here’s the sermon I preached last night at the contemporary service. We kicked off the new series “All in the Family,” exploring what the Bible has to say about families. This was my first time preaching for the contemporary service. Honestly, it felt a lot like the 8:30 Sunday service to me. I preached using [...]

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