“What Are You Doing?” – Exodus 1 & 2 Pentecost 16 – September 24, 2017     Introduction: Transition Remind… E100. As we make the transition from the Old Testament book of Genesis to the book of Exodus, we also find ourselves making a significant transition in the storyline of God’s people. Genesis took us […]

“A Happy Ending” – Genesis 45-50 Pentecost 15 – September 17, 2017   Introduction: Only one story? As I was thinking about my message for today, I remembered an article that was taken from the Fall 1995 issue of Tapestry, the magazine of the Lutheran Women’s Missionary League. The article was actually written by Paul […]

“Mind Games” – Genesis 42-44 Pentecost 14 – September 10, 2017     Introduction: Joseph… where we’ve been In our exploration of the 50 essential stories from the Old Testament of the Bible, we have been dealing with Joseph for a couple of Sundays already. Let me remind you of where we’ve been:  Joseph, was […]

“No Fair” – Genesis 39-41 Pentecost 12 – August 27, 2017   Introduction: Life’s Not Fair Most decent human beings have a sense of sensibility and fairness in life. That’s been the topic of some recent conversations I have had with others, not being able to understand people who – for no good reason – […]

Family Feud” – Genesis 37   Pentecost 11 – August 20, 2017   Introduction: Family Feud Family Feud is an American television game show where two families compete to name the most popular responses to survey questions in order to win cash and prizes. One member of each family squares off against the other to answer a question […]