The smell of charcoal enveloped him as he stepped closer to the fire. And in a rush, it all came back. He was no longer standing on a beach, instead he was sitting around a charcoal fire outside the home of the Caiaphas, the high priest. And it was there that he did the unthinkable:…

He was a little confused. There were some people who loved him and others who hated him. He thought he was doing a good thing, a necessary thing, even a God thing, but obviously, there were those who disagreed. Nehemiah was one of the Jews living in exile and was in the service of the…

Away in a Manger If there is one scene that seems tell the Christmas story more than any other, it would be Mary and Joseph and their new-born son in the stable. When we think Nativity, that’s what comes to mind, and I’m sure that many of you have Nativity sets that you have taken…

It wasn’t the world’s oldest profession, but it was close! I mean you know what the world’s oldest profession is right? That’s right, farming. Adam and Eve had two sons, Cain the oldest was a farmer, thus making that the world’s oldest profession. What were you thinking? And Abel the younger brother was a shepherd…

So you probably know the story, the Angel Gabriel appears to Mary and tells her the exciting news, she’s going to be a mom, even though she is still a virgin, they work out the details but then there is the entire process of telling her parents and her fiancé, in Australia we’d say that…

Adultery, what a nasty word. It’s no wonder people don’t call it that, they refer to it as an affair of the heart, a fling, illicit love even an extramarital relationship, anything but adultery. How could it be wrong, after all everyone is doing it, aren’t they? Well, I know of one person for sure…

“Be civil and don’t kill each other.” If you’ve never said that to your kids when you leave them alone together, you’ve probably thought it. Which leads us to the scripture read for us earlier, Matthew 5:21 Jesus said, “You have heard that our ancestors were told, ‘You must not murder. If you commit murder,…

And you are probably wondering, what’s with Buzz? If you were with us this summer, our theme was “A Return to Civility” and we focused on the Ten Commandments. But, while civility may keep society intact, it is the minimum. Have you ever heard someone comment, at least they were civil? That’s not exactly a…

The church! When you think of the church, what is it you think of? For some people, there is only one church. The one they were brought to as an infant, where they went to Sunday School and then on to youth group. The church where they were baptized, where they were married, and the…