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Famous Last Words, Part 4

“Famous Last Words” is a 4-week sermon series exploring the final words of various books of the Bible. In our fourth and final week, we look at the ending of […]

Famous Last Words, Part 3

“Famous Last Words” is a 4-week sermon series exploring the final words of four different books in the Bible. This week, we turn our attention to the book of Hosea, […]

Famous Last Words, Part 2

This sermon series focuses on how the end of a scriptural book is not an end, but sometimes leaves the door open for change or a new beginning. What better […]

Famous Last Words, Part 1

I’ve had many opportunities to give sermons on the openings of the books of the Bibles. They are fun sermons to write because you get to dig into the particularities […]

  A Father’s Day Litany

  A Litany for Father’s Day Leader: Our Lord Jesus Christ called God his heavenly Father and Joseph his earthly father. Let us come before our heavenly Father with our […]

A Review of Speaking Truth: Women Raising Their Voices in Prayer

In early March, a copy of Speaking Truth arrived at my house, and I was excited to read it. I was busy pastoring during Lent and making plans for Easter, […]

Let’s Be Honest: A Guide to Worship

My boys love going to church. On Sunday mornings, as I’m rushing to get out the door, they are moving quickly right with me, excited to get there. It is […]

They Don’t Teach That in Seminary: 99 Prayers You Need

“They don’t teach that in seminary.” A minister’s whole career could be summed up with that sentence. Seminary fills a person with a lot of knowledge. But somewhere between eschatology and […]

The Day Both Everything and Nothing Changed

Until June 17, 2015, I had the privilege of referring to Charleston, South Carolina as: the charming city in which I met my husband, the enchanting city in which shrimp […]