Category: Worship

This can be a dangerous thing to do in a sermon—especially right at the beginning—but I’m going to ask you to close your eyes and visualize this scene: A shepherd is standing on a hillside surrounded by his flock. They are laying or grazing on green grass and in the distance is a shimmering lake….the water as still as a mirror, reflecting the bright light of the sky. …For more, click on the title above.

Ezekiel is brought to a massive bone heap—dry bones scattered from one end to the other of the valley. Lest we forget, they were people once. They lived and breathed, they laughed and loved and played, they fought and died.
Now all that is left of them are these bones – dry and brittle. Not yet turned to dust, but well on the way. And the big question put to the prophet by the Lord: “Can these bones live?” …For more, click on the title above.

As a young boy one of the great thrills of my life was going fishing with my dad. For awhile we lived on the shore of Lake St. Claire in Michigan, and we could go fishing a lot. Every year, when my dad’s vacation time came around, we would pack up the car and hook up the boat and head for the cold waters of northern Minnesota. …For more, click on the title above.