Protective Love
With permission to use this personal sermon, I've changed names to protect privacy. I don’t remember exactly when this occurred, but my best guess is six years ago. It was definitely in June (or maybe [...]
A Big Distraction
This is a sermon based on John 17:6-19 I confess that I struggle reading this prayer from Jesus. Whenever I read it, it seems as if the words go in circle after circle. After about [...]
Locked in Fear
This is pretty close to what I preached on April 8th...
Can anything good come out of …? Today’s sermon
Can anything good come out of Oxnard? I remember an encounter in my first days here at Our Redeemer. It was with Rusty Jackson, a long time (but not his entire life) Oxnard resident and [...]
Growing up racist – #4
This is not so much a memory of a racist policy but rather an example of the heartbreaking divisions that can hit us at a young age. I was in 7th grade at Hamilton Jr. [...]
How Long Does a Dead Tree Stand?
On a recent vacation to Yosemite we witnessed the overwhelming number of dead trees in California. I read an article that places the number at more than 100 million in the state. Dead trees are [...]
No, that is not ok
This morning and last night white supremacists demonstrated in Charlottesville Virginia. That is a very long way from Oxnard California, but both cities are in the United States. For this reason what happens there is [...]
What I Used to Think and What I Now Believe… Sexuality
Last week I shared a link on Facebook that gives reasons to not support Operation Christmas Child this year. Along with sharing this, I commented that a much better choice would be making a donation [...]