Friday Prayer

Friday Prayer

 On this Valentine’s Day, I invite you to lean into your heart and listen for God’s love.  This week we have wrestled with words of Jesus that don’t fit into neat/tidy compartments or make us comfortable.  We have noticed and named how Jesus’ words in the hands/mouths...
Breathe

Breathe

 Today, let’s breathe.  One of my favorite quotes about the Sermon on the Mount is that if the disciples had heard this all at once, their minds would have exploded.  I also think trying to wade in the waters of these words, swim in the sea of what Jesus said and what...
Prayers for the Brokenness

Prayers for the Brokenness

 Are you still reading Morning Meditations this week?  I fully understand if you are thinking, “No thanks, Wes.  I’m watching adorable cat videos”.  Afterall, we would rather see Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount as good advice for someone else, than a gospel medicine we...
When the Sermon hits a rocky place

When the Sermon hits a rocky place

  27 “You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall not commit adultery.’ 28 But I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lust has already committed adultery with her in his heart. 29 If your right eye causes you to sin, tear it out and throw it away; it is...
When the Sermon Hits a Bump

When the Sermon Hits a Bump

 In my doctoral cohort, one of my colleagues served an African American Baptist Church.  He educated our group on the power of sermon-talk back.  This is more than just having the people in the pews shout back, “Amen”.  Sometimes the shy soul of the people whispered,...

When the Sermon Hits a Bump

 In my doctoral cohort, one of my colleagues served an African American Baptist Church.  He educated our group on the power of sermon-talk back.  This is more than just having the people in the pews shout back, “Amen”.  Sometimes the shy soul of the people whispered,...