Blessed (Really)

August 2, 2020.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Jacob is the hustler who probably doesn’t need to hustle. I worked most closely with Genesis 32.22-31.

Blessed, Lent 2 2017

March 12, 2017.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Morsels & Stories: I talked about pnuema and ruach and the wordplay Jesus and Nicodemus engaged in. Sermon: Abram is blessed to be a blessing. What he, and we, get wrong and the enduring good news of God’s blessing. The lessons for today can be found by clicking here. I worked most closely […]

Called and Blessed

February 3, 2016.Reading time 1 minute.

The blessing oil drips off my hands, running onto the page as I write, and Scripture’s lines about oil dripping off of Aaron’s beard run through my head. I remember how I remind others that anointing with oil was a kingly act, that our baptism anointing ties us to the apostles, prophets, priests, and […]