A sermon on Luke 8:26-39 delivered to LaSalle Street Church on 6/19/22. The manuscript is edited below for reading, and you can find it in the full service via this YouTube video. At the beginning of his ministry in the Gospel of Luke, Jesus stood up in the front of a synagogue and read from the… Continue reading “The Trouble You Know”
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“Love One, Another”
A sermon on John 13:31-35 delivered to LaSalle Street Church on 5/15/22. The manuscript is edited below for reading, and you can find it in the full service via this YouTube video. If you’re keeping up with the church calendar, you know that we’re in a season that has traditionally been called “Eastertide.” In the weeks… Continue reading “Love One, Another”
A sermon for Easter
A sermon on John 20:19-29 delivered to LaSalle Street Church on Easter Sunday, 4/17/22. This was the first of three sermons delivered by pastoral staff that day, each focusing on a different reaction to the resurrection. The manuscript is edited below for reading, and you can find it in the full service via this YouTube… Continue reading A sermon for Easter
A sermon for Good Friday
A sermon on the eighth Station of the Cross, "Jesus is helped by Simon," based on Mark 15:21 and delivered on 4/15/22 as part of a series of reflections on the Scriptural Way of the Cross for the Near North Ministry Alliance's annual Good Friday Walk. The manuscript is edited below for reading. Mark 15:21… Continue reading A sermon for Good Friday
Channel Islands National Park
I visited: Santa Cruz Island in Channel Islands National Park, off the coast of California. This island, along with the other Channel Islands, was home to the Chumash people for hundreds or possibly thousands of years. They enjoyed an apparently thriving civilization until the arrival of European colonizers in the 1500s. This NPS history is… Continue reading Channel Islands National Park
Joshua Tree National Park
I visited: Joshua Tree National Park in southern California. According to NPS, the area's early occupants included "the Pinto Culture, followed by American Indians including the Serrano, the Chemehuevi, and the Cahuilla." This was my 14th National Park. Fortynine Palms Oasis In March I traveled with Gregg and Steve to Los Angeles for our friend… Continue reading Joshua Tree National Park
“Remember Not”
A sermon on Isaiah 43:16-21, Philippians 3:4b-14, and John 12:1-8 delivered to LaSalle Street Church on 4/3/22. The manuscript is edited below for reading, and you can find it in the full service via this YouTube video. We’re beginning the fifth week of Lent, which means that Holy Week starts next week, and Easter is… Continue reading “Remember Not”
“A person like me”
I played: The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. It was released on the Nintendo 64 in the U.S. in 1998. It's widely recognized as one of the best video games of all time—as of this writing, it's the top-ranked game on Metacritic—and pioneered a number of design elements that became normative for other three-dimensional… Continue reading “A person like me”
Mammoth Cave National Park
I visited: Mammoth Cave National Park in Kentucky. There's evidence of human exploration in the cave dating back thousands of years (!). More recently, according to the NPS website, the land within the National Park is associated with seven modern Indigenous nations. This was my 13th National Park. River Styx Spring On the way back… Continue reading Mammoth Cave National Park
Gateway Arch National Park
I visited: Gateway Arch National Park in St. Louis, an area many people groups have inhabited over the centuries, including the ancient Cahokia settlement and the Illini Confederacy.* I had visited once before it was established as a National Park, so I'm calling this my 12th NP. Until this year my perception of National Parks… Continue reading Gateway Arch National Park
Brent Bailey 