Reflections on a trip to South Sudan

It’s about time to try to summarize my trip to South Sudan using a few key pictures of some favorite moments.  For a sermon I preached recently with more details about the processing of that trip, go here for the audio version or here for the manuscript.

Birds of the Nations

Pastor’s going on vacation…this means I get to preach for two weeks in a row.  And of course I get the last installment of the random “the Kingdom of Heaven is like…” parables told in Matthew.  Both an over-used and a misunderstood concept, I think.  Meanwhile, we haven’t talked much… Continue reading

Journey to Detroit 2015: What’s Your Story?

“What’s your story?” I was sitting at a pizza restaurant with a group of church leaders who until the day before had been complete strangers to me. But now, after 2 days of conversation and training, we were chatting in a much more familiar tone as we sipped beverages and… Continue reading