Introduction Today's sermon is going to be brief and a bit short on scriptural references. That's because I think the testimony it includes from a friend of mine is so powerful it's best to let it almost entirely stand on its own. First, about my friend. I can't say he and I were close…but he…
Year: 2011
What Kind of Friend Are You?
VISION When I shared my VISION for the Antrim Church of Christ, I promised to speak on one letter of that acronym per month…and since I'll be heading to check out the Hartt School in Hartford with Mikey next Sunday, keeping my word means that today we are on the letter S. Stepping back two…
Giving God What He Needs
Do you enjoy movies that involve angels? Although I do, I worry that secular films with biblical themes can cause us to confuse that which is actually in Scripture with what is just in the imagination of a Hollywood writer. Regardless, a while back Michelle, Mikey, and I watched Legion, whose overall plot is that…
Heaping Burning Coals on 9/11
Ten years ago today I was sitting in my office at Tickets.com in Fairfax, Virginia. I was on the phone with my boss, and she was doing my yearly review. As we were chatting, she mentioned she saw a report on TV that a plane crashed into one of the World Trade Center towers. She…
Nowhere to Go and Nothing to Do
A couple weeks back I snuck out to the Hillsborough Circle K on my motorcycle to grab lunch. Although, as seems constant with any food I really enjoy, they've since stopped carrying the cheeseburger rolls I was trekking for…those midday runs are a nice break in a work-from-home day even if all I am rewarded…
A Grumpy Person’s Kryptonite
One of the 242 people or organizations I follow on Twitter is Sylvia, a person who works in marketing at a hard rock venue down in Worcester, Massachusetts. I'm not entirely sure if I've met her…but I suspect I have. Either way, I think I started following her because the club's Twitter account suggested I…
Cherry Trees
A VISION for Our Church Over a month ago I shared my VISION for the Antrim Church of Christ, followed a week later by a sermon on the "V" in VISION…which stood for "value"…as in, "My vision for the Antrim Church of Christ is that we will only get our values from the Bible and…
Somebody Misses You
This article was written for the next edition of the local Antrim, New Hampshire paper, The Limrik. Although the pews have a habit of filling up just before church starts, summer activities definitely have meant it's less crowded during the Sunday services here at the Antrim Church of Christ. Luckily, e-mail, Facebook, and various other…
Verboten at 30,000 Feet
Famous Last Words When someone is going to leave for a very long time…especially when that "long time" is death itself…we have a habit of putting great weight on their last words. With some, perhaps it is an attempt at reconciliation before there is no more chance to right the wrong. With others, perhaps it…
When the Lights Go Down on the City
This week I had the opportunity to spend a couple days in downtown San Francisco. It’s not that I’ve never been to that city before—I’ve just never had an interest in walking its streets. So, my visits have always been limited to quick stops at its airport or meeting with the San Francisco Giants (a…
Celestial Potluck
Terrestrial Potluck Now…we were supposed to have a potluck at Gregg Lake today, but it we are delaying it because quite a few of us are spread all over the country…and beyond. For instance, Tracy, John, and their family are Alaska-way…Winslow is with his wife in Puerto Rico…and I'd have to leave the cook-out early…
The Gospel According to the 2006 Harley Sportster Manual
Owners Manuals With weather like we’ve had the past week, a motorcycle-based sermon seems apropos, doesn’t it? Since I am one who plans for the worst and prefers to keep his skin on his arms and legs, I wear a coat and jeans whenever I ride (along with a helmet). This means that temps in…
A Faith of Equal Standing
Clubs Anyone here a member of a club or other special organization? Maybe a service club like the Lions or the Kiwanis or the Rotary? Or one where your age, plus yearly dues, gets you in…like the AARP? Or perhaps because of a hobby or a cause or a passion…like the NRA or PETA? Or…
Who Knows?
"Whatever." How many people have heard that word as a declaration of exasperation? Now, change the punctuation… "Whatever!" And the exasperation graduates to anger. Go one step further and put it in the mouth of a teenager…and a parent might best translate it as a two word obscene utterance (where the kid can get the…
“I beg your pardon, I never promised you a rose garden.”
VISION Last week I shared my VISION for the Antrim Church of Christ..and this week we’ll be looking at the “V”. Before that, let’s quickly review the entire V-I-S-I-O-N acronym…or introduce it to anyone who wasn’t here: V — Values — My vision for the Antrim Church of Christ is that we will only get…