Have you ever experienced a punishment that seems extremely cruel? Yet when you looked back at that same situation, that punishment saved your life. Come on this journey with me as we look into a small glimpse of a prophet’s … Continue reading
Sermon manuscript for Green Lake Church of Seventh-day Adventists for 7/1/17 Texts: 2 Samuel 7:8-16. Acts 22:22-29 Thursday morning I was bicycling past the Shilshole marina. I couldn’t keep going. The collection of sailboats, masts rising into the blue sky, … Continue reading
Today, we share together the Lord’s Supper. We drink from tiny cups and taste tiny squares of bread and, in our tasting and in our eating, celebrate the living truth: we are the family of God. We remind ourselves that every drop we … Continue reading
Sermon manuscript (preliminary) for Sabbath, June 17, 2017, at Green Lake Church of Seventh-day Adventists Texts: 1 Kings 4:29-34, Mark 6:34-38 A few weeks ago I was sitting in a Sabbath School class in St. George, Utah. The text under … Continue reading
One of my favorite pictures from my vacation features Oliver and Violet Morrow. In the photo you can’t see their faces. They are squatting on a sandy stream bed. Violet is watching sand pour through the fingers of her left hand. Oliver is probing the sand with his right forefinger. Surrounding them, seen in the photo only as ankles and legs sprouting up out of sandals and tennis shoes, are adults listening to a lecture about how wind moves sand and creates something called lag deposits. Continue reading
The sermon today is given by Leta Kravig, a recent graduate of Andrews University, who has been with us since January while doing an internship in hospital chaplaincy. She will be leaving this week for Dallas, Texas, for her residency … Continue reading
Sermon manuscript for Saint George, Utah, Adventist Church Sabbath, May 27, 2017 Texts: Luke 7. The woman who anointed Jesus. Luke 19. And when Jesus came to the place, He looked up and saw him,[fn] and said to him, “Zacchaeus, … Continue reading
Sermon manuscript for Green Lake Church for Sabbath, May 13, 2017 Daniel 1:1-4 Mark 9:17-27 Thursday morning I was sitting on the dock across the street. It was raining so I was holding an umbrella. A duck paddled past, then … Continue reading
