Tag: homiletics

  • You’re Not Alone

    Unlike Moses, Elijah, and Jesus, I have very little experience with being on a mountain.  Between these three figures, there have been a multitude of encounters set on mountains: from Sinai to Horeb, Carmel to Calvary, Tabor to Hermon. As for me, there’s just one—Mount Pilatus.  In the summer after my sophomore year of high school, […]

  • Amazed and Afraid

    Throughout the summer between third and fourth grade, my parents and I would go to our neighborhood trail once or twice a week and spend an hour helping me learn to ride a bike.  They would always be there to accompany me, ensuring that I had my helmet, knee pads, and shoulder pads on, and that […]

  • Doubt Like Thomas

    At my elementary school, we had an assembly every semester where awards were handed out for stuff like Good Citizenship, Public Speaking, and—of course—Class Clown. I’d gotten a few awards like Budding Artist and Perfect Attendance before, but they seemed pretty trivial compared to what I really wanted: to be on the Honor Roll—a mark […]