Downtime
On Wednesday at Bible study, I shared with the class how I've never had cable or satellite service. I admit I had an antenna in Kansas,...
Suit Up
Whenever you prepare for something, you suit up -- you put on the appropriate gear. It could be football pads, chain mail, a hard hat, a...
Unscripted
By now, you know we're beginning 2017 with a new sermon "un-series" I'm calling "Unscripted." This isn't a typical sermon series. I'm not...
Epiphany
I fully admit that when forced to make cuts to our Christmas Day service, I yanked the Wise Men, saying, "They didn't really show up...
Plans
The world of fiction has given us numerous quotes about the art of planning, but one such exchange stands out as my favorite. "Best laid...
A Year for Hope
We all think of a new year as a blank slate. Nothing has happened yet, so anything is possible. It seems like a time for anyone to do the...
The Beginning
A new year will greet us in just two days. That's right: 2016 will only last for under forty-eight hours more, and then 2017 will arrive....
The End
As we wrap up 2016, I want to take time to review what all we've experienced this year. RSCC -- you -- has been through quite a bit: loss...
"Born That Man No More May Die"
There's an oft-forgotten verse of "O Come, O Come Emmanuel" that goes like this: O come, thou Rod of Jesse, free Thine own from Satan's...
Before the Beginning
In our haste to read Luke 2, we often barrel right past the first chapter of that book. We can all quote "In those days, there went out a...



