The "What If" Fear Is the Only Mistake We Can Make

November 14, 2011.Reading time 1 minute.

I really like the way yesterday’s sermon came out. I love the “Parable of the Talents.” It’s one of my personal favorite scriptures. So, it’s always easy to preach on, especially with this rattling through my brain too. I’m not gonna post the text, because this one was better heard than read. But enjoy the […]

The Parable of the Talents Explained

November 13, 2011.Reading time 1 minute.

Below is some graffiti I recently saw on a bike ride around White Rock. I loved it so much, I stopped and took this picture. It’s at the top of the White Rock Lake dam, looking East, back out over the waters. I know that some will likely be offended by it’s crudeness…or perhaps shocked […]

Occupy Dallas: Thanks for Your Witness

October 27, 2011.Reading time 12 minutes.

“‘You have heard that it was said, “You shall love your neighbour and hate your enemy.” But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you…” Just a short blog today to publicly thank the folks at Occupy Dallas for organizing a march in support of the Dallas Police, and […]

Spiritual Reflections on "Occupy Wall Street"

October 9, 2011.Reading time 19 minutes.

Thursday morning, I chose to join more than five hundred people who gathered here in Dallas for “Occupy Dallas.” This is the local incarnation of the “Occupy Wall Street” movement that has been much in the news the past few weeks. More than 500 people gathered in Pike Park, and marched through downtown. I want […]

Taking It All Off With the Naked Pastor

September 19, 2011.Reading time 10 minutes.

We had a great night last night at our annual “Feast of Beginnings,” featuring David Hayward, the “NakedPastor.” David is ordained in the Canadian equivalent of the PCUSA, and lives somewhere North of Maine. (That’s how he kept describing it…) The point he kept making about weather is that “It never gets this hot here […]

Our trademarked slogan.

September 18, 2011.Reading time less than 1 minute.

This phrase is actually a trademarked slogan of Northaven UMC. We’re glad people like it. Please visit Eric’s original blog here: http://www.wheneftalks2.blogspot.com/

Let Us Never Forget

September 11, 2011.Reading time 28 minutes.

What follows is a text version of my sermon on the 10th Anniversary of September 11th. (also an audio version) It’s now several years later, but this still sums up nicely my feelings on every new September 11th. Hope it’s helpful to you…EF Ten years ago this morning, on the Sunday following September 11th, […]

The Struggle of Weariness and Hunger Together (Labor Day 2011)

September 5, 2011.Reading time 26 minutes.

“…How many are there in this Christian country that toil, and labor, and sweat, and have it not at last, but struggle with weariness and hunger together? Is it not worse for one, after a hard days labor, to come back to a poor, cold, dirty, uncomfortable lodging, and to find there not even the […]

A Sermon Series: The Glory of God’s Creation

August 16, 2011.Reading time 5 minutes.

This blog entry consolidates all of the sermons from Northaven’s summer “Creation” series one place. If you’ve got some time to spend, click on the links below, and enjoy what we’ve been enjoying here at Northaven this summer. The first two are audio-only. Many of the last ones are video.* As the series concludes over […]

August 16, 2011.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Here’s last Sunday’s video sermon on Creation and Science. Be patient and, theoretically, this playlist should play parts one and two automatically. If you wait a few moments, and Part 2 doesn’t start, you can click on a link at the end of part one to access part two. Hope it’s helpful to you. Please […]