No More Normal: Serve

Reading: John 13:31-35; Luke 10:1-24

Here we go with more meddling. Our focus this week was on the need not only for service, but also for service done with a servant's heart. In other words, do we really love our neighbors?

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Preached on January 23, 2011 at PLWC.

No More Normal: Simplify

Reading: Luke 20:45-21:4; Matthew 19:16-30

There is no sermon for January 9; Carey and I were away due to a conference. This last Sunday, however, we picked up our "No More Normal" series again. Our focus was on counteracting the busy-ness that fills so many of our lives and crowds our focus on Christ.

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Preached on January 16, 2010 at PLWC.

New Year's Resolve

Reading: 1 Corinthians 1:4-9; Hebrews 3:1-19

This week's sermon is sort of a break in between the two halves of our "No More Normal" series, but it's also sort of preparing us for the second half of that series. Sometimes the temptation is to reflect too much on our past failures and shortcomings when we're entering a new year (and when we're trying to go beyond normal); this time, we wanted to stop and encourage one another for what we're doing well.

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Preached on January 2, 2011 at PLWC.