Posts from June 2025
Sermon Note: Love Rescue Me
Introduction This week in God Is In the Radio, we turn to “Love Rescue Me,” a song written by U2 with Bob Dylan. It doesn’t shy away from sorrow or regret—but it also refuses to stay there. Beneath the ache runs a steady hope: the certainty that love can find us, lift us, and lead us home. That longing echoes in Psalm 23. These ancient words aren’t just meant for quiet comfort—they carry a promise. Even in the valleys, we’re…
Sermon Note: I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry
Introduction This week in God Is In the Radio, we enter a quieter, more difficult space: the ache of loneliness, the weight of sorrow, the absence of answers. Psalm 22 opens with a cry that’s both ancient and familiar: “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” It’s a question that still echoes—not only in scripture, and in us. To help us sit with that question, we’re listening to “I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry,” a song made famous…
Sermon Note: Thunder Road
Introduction This week’s message continues our God Is in the Radio series by pairing one of scripture’s most profound post-resurrection stories with Bruce Springsteen’s Thunder Road. In both, we meet people who are weary, searching, maybe even stuck. The disciples walk away from Jerusalem with hearts heavy from disappointment. The singer’s voice calls out to Mary from the porch—a voice offering invitation over certainty. Neither story gives us a clean resolution. What they offer instead is a chance: to step…
Mission Update
We started the year with our support of the Interfaith Network Shelter at PBUMC. If you remember, I had pulled back some with respect to my enthusiasm for the program because of the failure to provide sufficient and appropriate guests. It was better this year which made our contributions more valuable and more effective. We were major contributors to setting up and taking down the shelter. Our church provided dinners and overnight hosts during the two-week shelter. Our connection to PBUMC exists…
Sermon Note: Mysterious Ways
Introduction What if the Spirit doesn’t just speak—but moves? Last week, we launched a new series with the idea that God Is in the Radio—that divine presence might be pulsing through the static of everyday life, even in songs that never mention God’s name. This week, that theme deepens. It’s Pentecost, and instead of arriving quietly, the Spirit bursts into view like a rush of wind, tongues of fire, and voices that cannot be ignored. To mark this movement, we’re…