Leaflets

If you were in worship last Sunday at Trinity, you likely received a gift on your windshield as you returned to your car.  It was from an organization that was telling Christians how to vote on the matter of the three Iowa Supreme Court justices up for retention. I found it ironic that parishioners received [...]

An Acts 17 Voters Guide…

What do you preach on the Sunday before an election full of candidates shouting at each other? Here is the message I preached on Sunday at Trinity.  It was Reformation Day, so I thought I’d look at how Christians might learn from Paul’s speech in Acts 17. The message started with a video montage our [...]

Poppies, Prayers, Primaries, and Presence

How would Jesus vote?  Is Jesus a rebublican, a democrat, a tea partier, a socialist, or something altogether different?  How can Christ-followers engage the socio-political culture in which we live without being obliged to any political party?  Several moments in recent weeks caused me to ask those questions.  I’ll share them, as well as one [...]