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I'm currently the Pastor of South Jacksonville Presbyterian Church. It's a PCUSA church.
This site contains research, sermons, and blog posts since 2005. Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions!
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Free(ing) Joy
...the man on the side of the road was always going to be healed. The story Jesus tells us reminds us of this: the promise of God has always been that God would bind the hearts of the brokenhearted, the ones on the margins, the ones who have had violence done upon them and bear its scars.
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Unhiding Joy: When We Least Expect It
We're beginning our first summer series on joy. How might we find ways to hide joy from ourselves? We'll explore that today.
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Keep On Keepin' On
We come to our graduation Sunday today. What does it mean to be at a mountain top moment? Do we stay there, or do we keep on?
In Other Words: Reading Matthew 22:39
An Exegesis on Matthew 22:39.
Embodying The Artist's Intent
When was the last time you had an artist explain their work of art to you? How were you changed? How did the art change for you? Can the same happen with our faith?
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On Love’s Hidden Life: Do We Believe In Love?
To experience a God who is not love and will not love solely based on our ability to intellectually and semantically process that love is not a God worth worshipping.
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Working Through “Works of Love”
With summer just around the corner, I’ve begun my summer studies, focusing on a series of books related to Existentialism and language. The first: Soren Kierkegaard’s Works of Love.
The plan is to walk through the book, identify particular quotations and expound on them. This acts in part as my on commentaries on the texts, but also (hopefully) as a place where we can act as conversation partners.
Not read Kierkegaard or Works of Love? Here are a couple videos to help you:
The plan is to walk through the book, identify particular quotations and expound on them. This acts in part as my on commentaries on the texts, but also (hopefully) as a place where we can act as conversation partners.
Not read Kierkegaard or Works of Love? Here are a couple videos to help you:
Way. Truth. Life.
We have a difficult combination of texts today - the stoning of Stephen, Jesus preparing in heaven. How might these texts tell us the story of perseverance in love?
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An Embodied Community
Have you noticed how different our shows treat family? These aren't the days of Steve Urkel and "Cut. It. Out."
But what is it saying about our sense of community? Can we grasp it anymore? Does it require supernatural abilities? We'll tackle that today.
But what is it saying about our sense of community? Can we grasp it anymore? Does it require supernatural abilities? We'll tackle that today.
An Embodied Doubt
Our companions here are dealing with a spiritual gauntness that has manifested into every part of themselves - this is an embodied doubt.
Doubting The Doubts of Doubt
We're gonna doubt the doubts on doubt today, y'all.
Seedlings: Easter Sunday 2023
Have you managed to start your garden yet? There's a lot of work the first year, but there's so much that changes in the years after - the seeds even tell the story of the past but the promise of the future!
What is Easter, then? A harvest, or a new seed? We'll explore that today.
What is Easter, then? A harvest, or a new seed? We'll explore that today.
Considering The Source
Have you ever played Telestrations? Or gone out backpacking and needed to find fresh water? If so, you know it's important to get as close to source as possible in order to get things right.
So it's the same today. We'll explore what it means to consider the source, and to get close to it - even if it happens to move on us.
So it's the same today. We'll explore what it means to consider the source, and to get close to it - even if it happens to move on us.
Clearing The Stream: Lent 2023
How do we think through Lent? How do we set our intentions for this time? We unpack that today as we how Jesus walks through the wildnerness journey at the beginning of his ministry.
Jesus, Immanuel, Forever Going Deeper
Jesus, Immanuel, Forever Remaining
Did you wake up before sunrise this morning? Did you stumble in the dark, or did you reach for a light?
In a world that seems to prefer stumbling in darkness, we discuss what it means to be light.
In a world that seems to prefer stumbling in darkness, we discuss what it means to be light.
Jesus, Immanuel, Forever Redefining
Jesus, Immanuel, Forever Gathering
Jesus, Immanuel, Forever Curious
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