This isn’t short fiction as much as it is the first chapter of a story which takes place in a world I’m literally building. I love playing Minecraft on my iPad, and have often wondered what the story is behind all the places I build. While the setting is based on one particular world I’ve…
Category: writing
writing
Into the Wilderness
This would have been the sermon preached in worship on February 22, 2015 (had we not had to cancel). It’s based on 1 Peter 3:18-22. Jesus entered the “wilderness.” I begin this meditation with that idea, even though the word itself appears nowhere in the passage on which it’s based. Why would I do that? Well, in…
Missing the Joke
When I first moved to my new home I felt cut adrift. I’d moved to pursue a job several states away from my family and friends and was, literally, lost. I didn’t know the roads, where to buy groceries, or even who to call to get my Internet connection set up in my apartment. I’d…
Another Path
This is an edited manuscript of my sermon for February 15, 2015. It’s based off of Luke 8:26–39 As we come to the end of our Journey towards Lent we meet Jesus as he sails into Gentile territory. I have to say, if TV was around back in the first century, this story would probably…
The Road Travelled
The Duolok strode through the city gates, given a wide berth by the traders and travelers near it. It’s mane of leaf-like hair poured over his shoulder, forming a scratching sound as it rubbed against the rough skin of his naked back. Scholars believed Duoloks could tell the identity the own kind simply by this…
Shown Up
This is an edited manuscript of my sermon on Luke 14:1–6 for February 8, 2015. Today in Luke we join the story as the Pharisees were getting ready to examine Jesus. They wanted to see what this guy was all about. Jesus, after all, had a growing reputation and they probably wanted to see if…
