In common

In common (Click on the sermon title for a .pdf copy)
Proverbs 22:2
September 6, 2015

It doesn’t take many words to make a telling point.  How about ten?

Come down off the cross,
we can use the wood.

Did you hear John sing those words?  One of my favorite musicians, Sarah Jarosz, recorded this song, and from the first time I heard it, I have been struck by these two lines:

Come down off the cross,
we can use the wood.Continue reading ...

Listen to her!

Listen to her! (Click on the sermon title for a .pdf copy)
Proverbs 8
May 22, 2016

Lauren and Katherine, this is my advice to you on the occasion of your high school graduation.  I will not say, “This is my parting advice to you,” because even though you will be going to far away Iowa City, we are not parting. … Continue reading ...