This is the devotion I wrote for our church's Lenten devotion book this year. It was for yesterday, the sixth Sunday in Lent and coincided with my sermon on the same text. Luke 15:11-32 "But while he was still far off, his father saw him was filled with compassion..." Our passage today is the well known story … Continue reading Hunger
Tag: Prodigal Son
Trading Corn Husks for Prime Rib
* This is the sermon I was to deliver today as part of our series entitled "Meal Times: Going Deeper with God and Others". However, the weather decided to bless us with one last hurrah of snow and prevented us from gathering together physically. But snow cannot stop the gathering of the hearts and spirits of the … Continue reading Trading Corn Husks for Prime Rib
Love-Crazy Father
This Sunday I'm preaching on the story of the Prodigal Son (or as I prefer to call it - The Story of the Love-Crazy Father). It was the assigned text for this Sunday and also happens to be my favorite parable told by Jesus. For most of my life, I focused predominately on the prodigal … Continue reading Love-Crazy Father
A Youth Pastor's Hurt
I wrote this a year ago after some time with some former youth. I'm currently working on a sermon that brought it to mind and decided to share it again. I'm starting my thirteenth year as a youth pastor at the same church. That is a really long time in youth ministry and a really long … Continue reading A Youth Pastor's Hurt
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