by gardenspres | Sep 17, 2018
As residents of South Florida we know the anxiety, chaos, fear, and destruction that hurricanes can unleash upon communities. We lift up to God those in the Carolinas suffering as a result of the wind, rain, and flooding caused by Hurricane Florence. With the...
by gardenspres | Aug 22, 2018
This morning while doing some research for Sunday’s sermon I have been reading Elizabeth Achtemeir’s book, Preaching from the Old Testament. She offers some commentary on the nature of human sin and its consequences as told in the Scriptures. I share...
by gardenspres | Aug 1, 2018
(The following blog post is the manuscript of the sermon I preached on Sunday, July 29th. The Scripture text was the story of David and Bathsheba, 2 Samuel 11:1-15. Some of you asked for it, so here it is.) The shepherd has become the wolf. The shepherd King, the...
by gardenspres | May 20, 2018
That which Jesus said would occur is occurring; the Holy Spirit has arrived coming upon the disciples baptizing them with the presence of the Spirit. The disciples have done that which Jesus had instructed them to do; they remained in Jerusalem and waited. They...
by gardenspres | May 10, 2018
Luke begins the Book of Acts with something that should have been preceded by a spoiler alert; Jesus will be taken up into heaven. Jesus will ascend bodily from the grounded earth into the heavens above. Literarily, the Ascension serves as a doorway moving readers...
