You know that feeling when you walk into a room because you were going to do something, get something, put something away—it doesn’t really matter why, but you walked into there with a purpose but then as you enter you stand there unclear why you’re there. Maybe I’m revealing too much about myself to say that this happens multiple times a week to me, but it’s a wild feeling knowing there’s something you don’t know, being clear that there’s something you can’t remember. You didn’t walk into that room for no reason.
"Rejection Is Not Failure" (Sermon on Acts 4:23-31) | January 26, 2025
When plans fall apart, it might leave you feeling like you failed. But the things that caused (or hastened) the failure were often out of your control. The picnic plans fall apart because of the rain. The project at work gets cut because of budget decisions far above your job description. The car you intended to keep for a decade or more is totaled because someone wasn’t paying attention and ran into you.
"Do You Consider Yourself Worthy of Eternal Life?" (Sermon on Acts 13:46-49) | January 5, 2025
Have you ever gotten a gift, maybe this Christmas just finished or sometime in the past, that you felt unworthy to receive? Maybe it was something so personal, so dialed in to you, that you knew you could never, ever give such a thoughtful gift, and rather than appreciating the love and care that went into it, you felt only guilt over the generic nature of the gift you had prepared. Maybe there was a gift so costly that you were embarrassed to think that someone gave you a gift of such value. Perhaps it even left you wondering why they did.
