Dear Rehoboth, This week’s scripture is about prayer. Don’t worry I’m not going to spend this time this morning trying to convince you to pray more. I think we need to, but that’s like saying we need to eat better. We all know it, we don’t need someone to tell us. But, rather, I want […]

Dear Rehoboth, This morning I have spent some time in another familiar passage, the story of Mary and Martha. Whenever this passage is brought up, people love to put themselves into one camp or the other. There are the busybodies like Martha and the contemplative ones like Mary. I’m not sure there is anything profound […]

Dear Rehoboth, This Sunday I want us to turn briefly towards the letter to the Galatians. Since we will be dropping into the second to last chapter of this letter, we will have to reacquaint ourselves with the purpose of the letter. Remember, when Paul writes a letter, he is writing to a real church […]

Dear Rehoboth, Do you have any sympathy for the pigs? If you are reading through this passage, I think many of us focus a lot on the pigs as they fly over the ridge. I question why Jesus killed all the pigs. But I am also the same person who when watching a big battle […]

Dear Rehoboth, This week we have another Sunday that has a theme. Last week we were celebrating Pentecost. So the goal was to fit the word Pentecost and holy spirit into the sermon as many times as I could so you didn’t forget that it was indeed Pentecost. This week is called “Trinity Sunday.” So, […]

Dear Rehoboth, This week we are celebrating Pentecost. Pentecost is one of the three major Christian holidays that we as the church observe. Pentecost is like the middle child of holidays. You know Christmas is the younger child. It gets everything that it wants. It gets all the presents, the decorations, the tv specials, and […]

Dear Rehoboth, Last week we took a little detour out of the farewell discourse in John to trouble the waters, but this week, we will get back on track and finish off the prayer of Jesus in chapter 17. I think one of the more striking parts of this passage is to remember the context. […]

Dear Rehoboth, This week I think I am going to focus on John 5 and move away from the farewell discourse of John 14. Mainly because I really like the story of the pool of Bethesda. When I traveled to Israel last summer, one thing we did was read the passage of scripture that was […]

Dear Rehoboth, I am writing this morning from the beautiful shores of Lake Josephine in Roseville, MN. The sun is shining, and the breeze makes it a perfect morning to sit outside and ponder love. There are some confusing parts of this brief passage. We could spend our time breaking down the tongue twister about […]