Pastor Adam, Author at Open Prairie

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So far Pastor Adam has created 287 blog entries.

Lunch in the Park, in the Prouty, in the Park

Our bake sale at Lunch in the Park on Friday, May 24th got off to a slow start. Because of the storm,

Lunch in the Park, in the Prouty, in the ParkPastor Adam2024-05-26T12:44:05-05:00

Before John 3:16—the best-known passage in the New Testament—the gospel writer invites us to go deep.

Invitation to the Deep EndPastor Adam2024-05-26T09:00:41-05:00

It makes me happy when children come to church. In this Pentecost reflection, I explain why. (The Pentecost story was dramatized by

Youthful VisionsPastor Adam2024-05-19T09:31:23-05:00

The eleven remaining apostles chose a twelfth to replace Judas. Looking at how they did it can teach us some useful things

Help Reaching DecisionsPastor Adam2024-05-12T13:17:19-05:00

Here's a prayer for Mothers Day, with some reflections about the 23rd Psalm.

Psalm 23, Mothers Day VersionPastor Adam2024-05-12T13:12:45-05:00

Jesus taught something very challenging about how to respond to violence, and I talk about it in this sermon. This week, I

On Hitting Back HarderPastor Adam2024-05-05T12:49:30-05:00

Before my sermon on Sunday, we sang this hymn. The melody is traditional (BEECHER, it's called), but I wrote the words.

We Are Called to Solve the PuzzlePastor Adam2024-05-05T10:07:27-05:00

It's Earth Day, so we're celebrating God's creation. Unfortunately, at the same time, we're voting to un-create it.

Voting to Un-CreatePastor Adam2024-04-28T10:17:43-05:00

Sometimes, we pay so much attention to our own churchy customs that we neglect the way of Jesus. I used two "texts"

The Sermon for TodayPastor Adam2024-04-21T09:34:27-05:00

The author of the Gospel of Luke thought it was very important that Jesus appeared after the resurrection, not just as a

Fish SandwichPastor Adam2024-04-14T09:47:00-05:00