In and Out

August 14, 2022
          “[D]o nothing out of favoritism” (5:21).  Remember Joseph and his eleven brothers?  I guess Jacob just couldn’t help himself.  Well, he had learned from the best: his mother, who…

Expectation and Surprise

November 29, 2020
          Perhaps there are times when it seems, feels, like my preaching gets preoccupied with fallen humanity—those are the times, I guess, when it sounds like I’m ranting, judging, condemning,…