Too Light A Thing

Isaiah 49:1-7

January 15, 2017

I return to this scripture from Isaiah as I preach at Warren First UMC.

Lake Louise: Boyne Country Service Project

Emerge Detroit Podcast 

June 18, 2013

Carl Gladstone interviews me on the new Boyne Country Service Project and the Youth Leadership Academy being offered at Lake Louise Christian Community Camp and Retreat Center.

Mountain View Moments

Luke 9:28-36

February 10, 2013

The story of Peter, James and John witnessing the transfiguration of Jesus makes a fitting metaphor for the importance of camping and retreat ministries to change lives.  This message was delivered at Holland First United Methodist Church.

The Gift of Love

Duet: David Gladstone and Tom Norager

What a treat to sing with Tom.  We sang this together at a wedding in Haiti last year.  This is the performance on my final Sunday at Port Huron FUMC.

Change Ringing (Part 2)

2 Corinthians 6:1-10

June 17, 2012

My final message to the congregation of Port Huron First United Methodist Church after serving that wonderful congregation for nine years.  I found it impossible to stick with the theme of Change Ringing.  Instead I stepped out of the pulpit to speak directly to the congregation without manuscript. 

Change Ringing (part 1)

2 Corinthains 5:6-10, 17

June 10, 2012

The Christian life is defined more by confidence than certanity.  It is a dance of change in which we move with poise and grace.

Transforming Eeyore

Isaiah 6:1-8

June 3, 2012

Sinfullness in the church often comes in the form of a "woe is me" attitude in which we fail to trust that God is at work through our efforts.

Making Love Plain

May 13, 2012

Mother's Day 2012

John 15:9-7 and Mark 7:24-37

Once more the Bible tells us that love is what matters.  The story of the Syrophonecian woman shows us that even Jesus needed to cast off his fatigue in order to stay true to this calling.

A Legacy of Love

1 John 4:7-21

May 6, 2012

Confirmation Sunday

The core of the Christian faith is the knowledge that God is love and that we are called to love one another.  This is how we shall be known - that we love and in so doing we serve God.

False Intimacy

John 10:11-18

April 29, 2012

The genius of the Christian faith is that it offers an authentic intimate personal relationship with God through Jesus the Christ.  Contrast that with the false intimacy offered by the world.