Author name: Mark Diller Harder

Psalm 27:1-6; Luke 13:31-35 So… here I am, preaching from home on video with my phone. This was not my plan. But earlier this week, both Rachel and I tested positive for Covid 19 and are isolating. What I really should say, is that we have Covid 19, what that test really means. I

2021 Guided Scripture Reflection – AGM Sunday Matthew 14:22-33 At last year’s AGM we looked back at the year 2020. It was the year the Global Pandemic began, a pandemic that surprised us and shook us to the core. Everything was different, including how we did church. We moved to on-line worship and

Courageous Imagination: Not the Way We’ve Always Done It John 2: 13-21 I’ve always been curious about some of our English idioms or figures of speech. One of those is ‘sacred cows.’ ‘We don’t dare touch this sacred cow.’ ‘Let’s not make a sacred cow out of this or that tradition’ and so

Courageous Imagination: Everybody In! Matthew 9:9-17 This morning I want to jump right into the main Matthew Scripture passage, and start at the end of it – this image or metaphor that Jesus uses about new wine and what kind of wineskins to use. I have been captivated and confused by this saying

Dare to Imagine: God’s Gifts (Or the story from Marduk, the Camel Herder) Matthew 2:1-12 I can hardly believe I am saying this, but the return may prove to be more difficult and more unknown, and yet more wonderful, than the original hard journey and arrival itself. Or maybe it is better to