Video Vault: 2012
Finding Wisdom
Want Wisdom? Where is it? How do you get it?
August 19, 2012
What Makes Success?
Malcolm Gladwell tells us that it takes 10,000 hours of practice to get really good at something. Paul tells us what we need to be good at.
August 12, 2012
Discredited Substance
Ever hear of phlogiston? Or luminiferous ether, or orgone? Didn't think so. These once highly-touted substances are no longer highly touted. How about faith?
August 26, 2012
Kosher Jesus
Keeping kosher can be difficult. But did Jesus really say that kosher didn't matter? Perhaps he has some unconventional ideas about what it means to be truly kosher.
September 2, 2012
It's All About Me - Right?
Each of experiences life as the center of the universe - and yet we are nothing but a speck on a speck.
September 9, 2012
Smart and Smarter
There's smart in the ways of the world - then there is smarter: wisdom from God that takes a lot of banging around. But life is worth it!
September 30, 2012
It's Complicated
Big words are hard to pronounce, but the little words are harder to say. Big words can tear apart while little words bring together.
October 7, 2012
How Hard Is It?
A rich young ruler wanted to get eternal life. Getting a rich man into heaven is SO HARD... So what is keeping you out of heaven - or real life?
October 14, 2012
Hesed
Hesed - it's the most important Hebrew word in the Bible! And the Book of Ruth is all about it. Here is a Journey from New Orleans to New Jersey to Moab and Bethlehem and Golgotha - the Journey of Hesed!
November 4, 2012
The Greatest?
James and John want to be at Jesus' left and right in the Kingdom of God. They are enthralled by the illusion and confusion of the meaning of "great".
October 21, 2012
Dynamic Balance
For the second Sunday in Advent, we look at John the Baptist and the Wright brothers, who made the first heavier-than-air flight 109 years ago at Kitty Hawk. Both John and the brothers knew a thing or two about Dynamic Balance
December 9, 2012
Apocalypse Now?
The Mayan Calendar is ticking away to December 21, 2012. Is this the End that Jesus predicted in Luke's Gospel, or is he saying something else?
December 2, 2012
Belongings
What is money, really? How can it matter?
November 11, 2012
Thin Places
The ancient Celts believed that heaven was about three feet away - but there were "thin places" where the holy could touch humanity. Bethlehem is just such a "thin place," as is the Christmas season.
December 23, 2012
What Goeth Before the Grace
Jesus tells the disciples that all sorts of evil spews forth from the heart - then does some spewing at a Gentile woman. How did she - and we - obtain grace?
September 16, 2012
Eucatastrophe
The difference between Tragedy and Comedy is that a Tragedy ends too soon. The good news is that Eucatastrophes happen - all the time.
September 23, 2012
Reclaiming Halloween
Hallow Eve is the night before All Hallows Day - that point that marks the divide between life and death/death and life - and we have nothing to fear!
October 28, 2012
Falling Stones
The Washington Monument. It's the world's tallest stone structure. But it's been closed recently out of concerns for safety. Even the most impressive works of human beings are fragile and temporary.
November 18, 2012
Christ is King
Christ is King Sunday marks the end of the Christian year - and we encounter a unique King, one who wears a crown of thorns, ruling by the right of being right.
November 25, 2012
The Forget-It-All Pill
Wouldn't it be great to get rid of bad memories? Paul has a better idea. Find God in the midst of even the tough stuff - and REJOICE!
Includes the CW Singers.