Luke 1:39-45, (46-55)
This is the season for singing! It’s a season of song, and in case you haven’t heard it, the season is not Christmas […]. The season of song I’m talking about is the Advent season.

Luke 21:25-26
Where would we be without signs?
You probably don’t think about them that much, but we use them every day. Signs tell which streets are one-way, how fast you are allowed to drive, where to find a restroom or the exit.  On our trip to New Jersey last week, signs told us which exits had a restaurant or gas station.  Signs warn us of dangers, tell us where to find the sale, and all kinds of useful information.
Without signs, we’d be confused, unsure where we were, not know where to find the things we need, and perhaps, actually lost….
Click here for the Niebuhr Prayer.

Mark 10:2-16, Psalm 26
Three years ago, Clintondale High School, as found in Clintondale north of Detroit, became one of the first schools to have a flipped classroom. Now a flipped classroom was one in which the students would hear lectures and instruction from the teachers at home…

Mark 7:24-37
Sparring is a big part of sports training. Sparring is the way students of a sport practice with each other so that they can learn new skills. It’s usually very well monitored when students are sparring…

Ephesians 6:10-20, John, 6:56-69

I was not very athletic as a child. I was the one who was picked last on the playground whenever there was a pickup game. I never belonged to any of the teams that they had at school…

Mark 6:30-34, 53-56

G-Force is the measure of the strength of force on an object. Physics tells us: G-Force: the strength of the force on an object. Think of it as multiples of gravity. We walk around on Earth; it’s one G…

2 Corinthians 12: 2-10
When the grenade exploded in his hand near Khe Sanh in Vietnam in 1967 Max Cleland thought his life was over. He was a radio engineer sent to the top of a hill to set up a radio station for the troops…

1 Samuel 15:34-16:13
Once upon a time there were two traveling angels. And as they were traveling they often needed a place to spend the night. So one night they arrived at the home of a very rich man and his wife…

Mark 16_9-15, 19-20
I love a good mystery story. I love reading mystery books as opposed to academic books which most people think I like. I find an author who speaks to me and I glom onto him or her…

Luke 24:36b-48
There are a lot of actions and gestures that we do in worship. You see people kneeling or bowing for reverence. We’ve just stood up to hear the gospel. People will kneel or stand for prayer…