Are we afraid to commit?
Every sitcom ever made has had at least one member of the main cast, some guy with commitment issues. It’s almost expected that most guys will have a fear of […]
Category: Jared’s Blog
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Waiting for Christmas
It’s December 23 and I should be writing one of the sermons I need to preach over the next two days. But instead I am watching Christmas cheer. I am […]
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Generosity Improves your Life
Did you know that there is a way to measure happiness? There are whole international organizations devoted to the sole purpose of finding out who the happiest people in the […]
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Ok, So, Now What?
Yes, last week was that Sunday we’ve been talking about for like six months or something. We called it “Redemption Sunday.” When we planned Redemption Sunday, I’m pretty sure a […]
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On Living in Babylon
Yesterday, I took a detour from preaching through the book of Revelation to help us orient ourselves to the reality that we find ourselves in. I talked about what it […]
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A Pre-Election Day Thought
Passions are hot. Tempers are flaring. I can see it when I scroll through my timeline. I see it in some of the text messages and emails I get. I […]
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The Death of Authority
Once upon a time human beings trusted people who who were supposed to know about something. We believed the weatherman when he said it was going to snow. We believed […]
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Freedom and Truth
What is truth? That’s a famous question, well known to any student of Philosophy, Religion, or Literature. The question was asked by Pontius Pilate. The man who reluctantly condemned Jesus […]
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Convalescence in chaos
Convalescence is a word that comes to us from an earlier version of the French language. It came down to middle French from Latin. This word that means the time […]
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Why We do not want communion in an age of Covid-19
The Lord’s supper, Communion, or Eucharist is a sacrament of God’s grace given to the church. In this meal the church shares together in the work of Jesus of breaking […]