There are quite a few intriguing characters in the Bible. Most of them are intriguing because we know so little about them. One of them is one of the two principle characters in our Gospel reading, Nicodemus. Who was Nicodemus? We know he was a Pharisee and we know he was on the Jewish council…
Here we are, another season in the church year, another Lent. If there is a single question I get asked most frequently about Lent, it is, “Do I have to give up something?” A reasonable question, to be sure. For those folks who weren’t raised in a liturgical church or any church, their view and…
The sermon today is drawn from the common phrase, it’s “one of those days.” I can’t speak for anyone but myself but I don’t find myself describing days where good thing follows good thing follows good thing as “one of those days.” The phrase seems to be saved for days where it is bad thing…