I love a good worship album. I’ve been listening since the late 1980s. One of my favourite early albums features a song led by British songwriter Graham Kendrick titled, “Lift high the banners of love.” I’ve listened to the album countless times. Spliced into the heart of Kendrick’s song is an interlude where he declares: …
An odd couple
A sermon by Rod Benson Call me Boaz. And let me tell you a story from long ago, in the time when the judges ruled Israel… But first, a little about me. You’ll find my story in the little Book of Ruth in the Old Testament, tucked away between Judges and 1 Samuel. My dad’s name …
Things worth fighting for
A sermon by Rod Benson American poet and novelist Charles Bukowski once said, “People are strange: They are constantly angered by trivial things, but on a major matter like totally wasting their lives, they hardly seem to notice.” We might, in our weaker moments, be tempted to criticize the Apostle Paul for several apparent faults …
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