Drawing Circles
This sermon’s title and theme was inspired by Westfield’s Minister of Music who chose Mark Miller’s Draw the Circle Wide as a song for today. We ended the service circling the sanctuary singing to one another: “Draw the circle, draw the circle...
Trying to Make Trees (A Dramatic Retelling of Westfield Homecoming 2014)
One of the great challenges of the creative life, dear reader, is trying to get what’s in your head, the vision that your mind’s eye sees so clearly, to come into existence in real life. There are times when what you’ve got in your head is exactly...
Near and Among Us
I preached this sermon on Sunday, September 28. A family of ours is facing a hard situation in regards to their children’s health, a situation that hangs heavy in our hearts as a congregation. Rather than avoid it, I decided to preach about it. Read the...
A Wedding that Almost Wasn’t
**UPDATE: In an earlier version of this post, I quoted the church’s Facebook posting policy. A member kindly contacted me and offered some insight, informing me that the policy dates to March (before the wedding). I am grateful for the clarification...01. WELCOME
