What Demons Possess Us Today?
Sunday, January 28, 2024 - Mark 1:21-28 A Problem of Language Today, I want to talk about healing. In our gospel text, we hear of a man healed by Jesus of an “unclean spirit.” Jesus clearly performs an exorcism of…
Mystery, Miracles, and the Unexpected
Luke 1:26-38 - December 24, 2023, Christmas Eve Sermon Last year, right around this time, I heard the most amazing story. It was posted to Facebook by a friend’s wife, Christie. This happened to her about 14 years ago, and…
Testifying to the Light, Life, and Love of God
Third Sunday of Advent, December 17, 2023 We’ve been given several readings today that, at first glance, don’t necessarily seem to have much to do with each other. And yet I find key phrases or ideas in them that seem…
All Flesh is Grass…All Flesh Shall See the Glory
The Second Sunday of Advent, December 10, 2023 Today is the second Sunday of Advent, and the emphasis of today’s readings is mostly on preparation for the coming of the kingdom of God, or what my friend Chuck Queen just…
Sheep, Goats, and the Final Judgment
Matthew 25: 31-46 (November 26, 2023) In 1975, a Marine on leave in Aiken, SC named Dannion Brinkley was on the phone with his best friend while a storm raged outside. As they spoke, a bolt of lightning struck the…
The Parable of the Bridesmaids
Matthew 25: 1-13 (November 12, 2023) For thousands of years, humans have built spiral-shaped labyrinths. You may think that a labyrinth is just like a maze, but where a maze often has dead-end paths, labyrinths do not. The pathway of…
The Beatitudes
Matthew 5: 1-12 (November 5, 2023, All Saints Sunday) Matthew's Focus We shouldn’t think of the Gospels as being like the transcript of a news reporter who was present at all of the events and recorded them just as they…
Whose Image?
Matthew 22: 15-22 (October 22, 2023) I watch a lot of animal rescue videos, especially from an organization called Hope for Paws. They’re always getting calls from people who report animals who’ve been stranded or abandoned. Often, the dog they’re…
The Wedding Banquet
Matthew 22: 1-14 (October 15, 2023) I mentioned last week that we were beginning a series of texts where Jesus is in confrontation with the religious authorities. Parables, we remember, were used by Jesus to “reveal what had been hidden…
The Parable of the Vineyard
Matthew 21:33-46 (Sunday, October 8, 2023) I’ve rented more than one home in my life. For a period of time when I lived in Marietta, GA, I owned a condominium. But ever since I left Marietta for the northeast Georgia…
There’s no “Right” to not be Offended
I fear we’ve normalized the expectation that we have a right to never be offended. Human life - being a mixture of conscious and unconscious psyche and of emotionally intelligent and unintelligent people - affords us no such right. Life…
Can You Meet God in Your Dreams?
For God does speak—now one way, now another—though no one perceives it. In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falls on people as they slumber in their beds… Job 33:14-15
Trauma, Brokenness, and Wholeness
In this video, I talk about the brokenness of American society, the ACEs study and the negative effects on adult health of adverse childhood experiences, and wholeness, what it is and how we can realize it.
What is Spirituality? (And why should I care?)
In this video, I answer my friend Jazz's questions, "What is spirituality? What can it do to improve your life? How is it different from being religious?”
Can We Experience a Sacred Presence?
In this video, I talk about experiencing the Holy as a sacred presence. After watching this video, check out the Deep Dive Sacred Presence Meditation video.
Do our Dreams Mean Anything?
In this video, I talk about whether or not our dreams mean anything and how we might begin to work with them. There's also a link to a Deep Dive on a technique called Image Association.
Is there a Deeper Rhythm that Guides our Lives?
In this video, I explore the Deeper Rhythm that I believe guides our lives.
Dreams, Spirituality, and Transformation
I recently launched a YouTube channel called Deeper Rhythm. In this first video, I talk about dreams, spirituality, and transformation - the main topics that I plan to explore in the channel overall.