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Isaiah 65 and 1 Corinthians 15:19-26

​Andy and Red are sitting up against the prison wall. Then Andy begins to share with Red his vision for a different life down on the Pacific Coast in Mexico. Would you have followed?

Phil 2:5-11 and John 19

​Jesus was so unimportant Pilate wanted nothing to do with him.

Luke 15

​The October 1989 earthquake in San Francisco shook people to the core. Like all natural disasters, it showed people, however briefly, that we are not in control. As much as we forget and fight against it, we can't even trust the ground under our feet. But strangely it also reorients us to trust -- be one with God, while control separates us.

Luke 13:1-9

​If you had a chance to live in a perfect world with no pain, would you really be living?

Luke 13:31-35

​I have good news and bad news for you. First the bad news: you are going to die. Secondly, the good news: you are going to die...

Luke 4:1-13

​Hopefully at some point in our lives we learn that our lives are not about us. That's when we really start living, for we are here not to live forever but to live for others.

Luke 6: 46-49

Now I can go out and purchase flood insurance and pay an additional premium for that coverage. But there is no insurance policy available that can guarantee that the flood will not come. Storms of life will come, Jesus implies, the question is, are you going to be ready?

Psalm 37 & Luke 6:27-38

​What if I told you we could live in a world free of enemies? Would you be interested in such an existence?

Jeremiah 17:5-10 & Luke 6:17-26

​If someone asked you, "why do you attend church?" what would you tell them?

Isaiah 6:1-8 & Luke 5:1-11

​If someone asked you, Does God speak directly to humans? what would you say?

Jeremiah 1:4-10 & Luke 4:21-30 

​Conflict is inevitable. Both Jeremiah and Jesus were prepared for it. The blessed assurance came not from trendy conflict resolution techniques. Those may be helpful, yet ultimately what is most helpful is knowing that we are known. Our True Selves cannot be hurt. 

Nehemiah 8 & Luke 4

​We must be diligent and discerning in what to keep doing, and what to stop doing so we may be open to the movement of the Spirit in our lives and in our churches. 

Psalm 5 and Ephesians 2:14-16

We have a problem with race, guns and violence. This is a statement of fact but also a confession and a lament...        

​1 Kings 19:1-15a Elijah runs from Jezebel's threat and finds God in the sheer sound of silence

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Organ and Piano Duet; played as Offertory for Easter worship

Jeremiah 1:4–10 The Lord knew and called the prophet Jeremiah before he was born.
Luke 4:21–30 A prophet is not welcome at home; a crowd tries to attack Jesus.

You might have heard about it on the interwebs or the news:  First Presbyterian Church in Muscatine, Iowa (where I was pastor for 5 years before returning to Texas in 2012) made the news this past Sunday.[i]  It made the news because

Donald Trump showed up for worship last Sunday.[i] http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2016/01/25/3742627/trump-presbyterian-immigrants-oops/