Sermons

Beloved friends, today I bring you a tale of transformation, a story that reflects the magnificent work of restoration we witness in our walk with Christ.  This story is not…

In the 1960s, a simple yet profound experiment was conducted at Stanford University, known today as the Marshmallow Test.  Children were placed in a room with a marshmallow placed before…

On Friday, the Kairos team returned to Kershaw Correctional Institution to do what’s known as an Institutional Reunion in our terminology.  Kairos seeks to form a community between the residents…

It was March 6th of the year 1982, a long time ago but a date that’s engraved in my mind like a timeless inscription on the stone of history.  It’s…

When I was a kid, I got a lot of things wrong, I readily admit it.  And, as I was thinking back humorously on my past mistakes, I couldn’t help…

In the late 1990’s, there was a highly successful capital trading firm known as Long Term Capital Management or LTCM.  LTCM boasted an impressive array of economists and thinkers, even…

In the charming town of Harmonyville, there was a tradition. Every year, a grand potluck dinner was held in the town square. Each family would bring a dish, and everyone…

Diana Nyad, an American author, journalist, motivational speaker, and long-distance swimmer, provides a real-life account of pursuing seemingly impossible dreams.  In 2013, at the age of 64, Nyad successfully swam…

I’ll never forget a time at Duke Divinity School where an outside speaker was arranged to give the lesson one particular day.  To make matters a bit complicated, let’s just…

Dressed in jeans, a long-sleeve T-shirt, and a baseball cap, Bell took his multi-million-dollar Stradivarius violin and played as a street musician in a Washington D.C. subway station during rush…