As I thought this week about this week’s sermon, my mind kept coming back to something that happened to me when I was just about Ben’s age. Then as it’s true now, I love music. Although my love has waned a bit as I’ve gotten older, I still enjoy whiling away the hours while listening to songs performed by my favorite bands. Just ask Natalie, many nights you’ll find me watching old concerts from the Grateful Dead or the Dave Matthews band on YouTube, just bopping along to the tunes. But that was the days before Spotify or Apple Music existed. A terrible time when, if you wanted to listen to a particular song or a particular musician or band, you had to go out and fork over hard-earned cash for one of their albums. Yeah, terrible time, right? But, yes, back when I was a kid, to listen to music, you generally had to purchase the entire record. And that was a problem, especially to a fourteen-year-old kid that was by age barred from getting a job. When I wanted an album, I’d have to work around the house, doing extra chores or hope that my birthday or a […]
Sermons
I’ll never forget my fifth-grade year at school. It was only my second year at Charlotte Country Day but it was my first at their new “middle school campus.” It…
It was during a challenging season in my pastorate of the First Presbyterian Church of Mount Holly. Things were going well, really, it was just crazy busy. And there were,…
I’ve gotta tell you. I’m a little intimidated by the next couple of sermons, I’m not kidding. This Sunday and next, we’re going to talk about the Fruit of the…
There’s an old joke that you’ve probably already heard but it’s such a great entry point into this sermon that I hope you’ll forgive me for telling it. As the…
Yesterday when we were eating at the Chicken Salad Chick, I was filling up my cup with soda and I flashed back to a memory from long ago. It was…
One of the most important beliefs we hold within the Protestant church is that we’ve been “justified by grace through faith.” This means that by Christ, through Christ and in…
About a decade ago or so, Natalie and I took the kids to Northlake Mall on a Saturday to get them some shoes at Stride-Rite. It was a nice day…
When I was a senior in high school, there was a watch that was all the rage. Everybody that I knew wanted one. As I look back and remember, the…
I’ll never forget the day I was going to move away to Durham for seminary. It’s hard to believe that’s been over 18 years now. In some ways, it feels…
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