Month: January 2010

  • Living as a contrasting/inspiring/beautiful Community (Romans 12:14-17)

    Here’s my sermon from today. It’s true that sometimes community doesn’t always work out right. Emily and I were a part of a small house church a few years back that used the word “community” as a kind of buzz word but it became rather oppressive because the leader want to maintain total control. So…

  • Reader Poll: Sermon Texts on the Blog?

    [crowdsignal poll=2580078] Would you like for Wess’ sermon texts to be posted on the blog so you can read them?(polling)

  • An Unexpected Turn (in Antwerp)

    It’s been a hectic week so today was the day for sermon writing. I often like to have it written on Thursday so I can use Friday as a day to rework and tweak what I’ve written or as a day for meetings, and working on other articles (like the one recently published in QL!).…

  • Conversion(s) a

    As of late, I’ve been wrestling with the whole idea of conversion. I grew up going to Catholic mass, going to Catholic schools, learning the Catholic way. I never spent much time thinking about conversion in this context, partially because I was young (I stopped attending Catholic-everything after 8th grade) and partially because they have…

  • Take Thought for What is Noble/Beautiful in The Sight of All

    Today was somewhat of a typical day for me. I did a bunch of office work this morning, answering emails, going through mail, organizing paperwork and I also watched a number of tutorials on the Bible software I use for working on my sermons. Later in the day I spent a good chunk of time…