I love Easter. The week leading up to Easter is an opportunity to reflect on the life and death of Jesus. Easter Sunday provides an opportunity to experience resurrection in life. The old can become new. I love the week…
Empty. Jesus was relationally empty. The night before his death, Jesus shared his last meal with his twelve buddies. He looked them in the eye as he broke the bread for the last time. He held back the tears as…
Palm Sunday Majesty and humility. They travel the road to Jerusalem together. God riding a donkey. Odd travelling companions for sure. The story is a big deal. It’s one of the few that all four Gospel authors write about. The…
I have lived through a flood before. I had just graduated from Drake University. It was the summer of 1993. I was still looking for a job. Any job. My job search was delayed by rain. The rains were relentless…
I can’t believe it’s been a year. Our first Sunday in worship was March 18th, 2018. We weren’t quite ready. Lots of staff and volunteers worked around the clock for a solid week to make our grand opening happen. So…
A small, wooden cross sits in the front of our sanctuary. We don’t have anything too ornate in the worship space. This cross is as close as it gets. It was cut and carved from a single piece of oak…
I’m excited about the next month at The Water’s Edge. WE are going to be talking about and experiencing Christmas. Christmas is a season some people wait for all year. It is a season other people dread. Christmas is a…
Hey Church Family – Create a Ripple concludes on Sunday, November 18th. It is a three-year debt reduction campaign that will allow us to do two things: Spend less money on interest and more money on ministry and missions. Strategically put…
This weekend we start Create a Ripple in worship. The best ripples are created by praying. So, I’ll be talking about prayer. One of the best nuggets of advice I have received is: “Go where your best prayers lead you.”…
I had a colleague ask me late last week how I was going to address the events in Washington D.C. during Sunday morning worship. I told her I wasn’t. My sermon on kindness was done. Got a baptism scheduled. Going…