August 2025

Love, Mission and Vocation, Politics and Culture, Sermons, Spirituality, Suffering and Loss, U.S. Society, Worldviews and Cosmology

Showing Love through Courageous Truth

Sunday, August 17, 2025 – Jeremiah 23:23-29, Psalm 82, Luke 12:49-56 One mark of maturity is the ability to tell—and to hear—the truth. I’m reminded of that famous line from A Few Good Men when Jack Nicholson’s character yells, “You can’t handle the truth!” The truth can be painful. Today’s readings invite us into that […]

Contemplation and Spiritual Practices, Experiencing the Sacred, Faith, Images of God, Inspiration, Mystical Experience, Process Thinking, Relationality, Sermons, Spirituality, Vulnerability, Worldviews and Cosmology

Counting on God

Sunday, August 10, 2025 – Genesis 15:1-6, Psalm 33:12-22, Hebrews 11:1-3, 8-16, Luke 12:32-40 There’s a phrase we often use in conversation. We might say to a friend, “Are you coming to my party?” And they might answer, “You can count on me to be there!” Even nonprofits will sometimes say, “We’re counting on you

Mission and Vocation, Process Thinking, Purpose, Relationships, Sermons, Service and Outreach, Spirituality, Transformation and Wholeness

Listening for the Right Voice

Sunday, August 3, 2025 – Ecclesiastes 1:2, 12-14; 2:18-23, Colossians 3:1-11, Luke 12:13-21 When I got my dog, Cotton, back in the north Georgia mountains, I developed a particular whistle I would use to call him. It was a way for my familiar “voice” to cut through the other noises of the environment, to reach

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