Think Outside the Bowl

A few weeks ago I had one of those windshield conversations with my eighteen-year old son, Casey.  We were heading home after a week of fishing in the High Sierras when, quite unexpectedly, he asked if I was nervous about preaching my first sermon at St. Andrew.  It’s...

Family Feuds

If you’re like me, you are inclined to believe that God operates according to the same rules of justice and fairness that govern our modern Western society.  We assume that God rewards honesty and goodness, and that those who lie or deceive or manipulate others for...