All posts by: Ron Clark

Presence: The Promised Presence Today we begin our Advent Conspiracy. As I mentioned during communion, we are encouraging everyone to give “one gift less” and offer the money we save as a collection that will go to help others. %75 will go to Living Water International and %25 will be given to the Gateway Domestic […]

Resistance: Jesus’ Call to the Church Conversion, Transformation, and Salvation as Resistance Good morning—thank you for the prayers. As you probably know, the surgery went well and my little tumor unwillingly left my body Monday morning. I don’t think it wanted to leave to easily, but it is gone and my doctors prevailed. These last […]

In early September, 1983, an Engineering student at the University of Missouri decided to invite 100 people, in his dormitory, to a Bible study. It was 35 years ago when he began knocking 100 doors that evening. The last door he came to at the end of the hall on the first floor was mine. […]

Resistance—Jesus’ Call to the Church Proclaiming Resistance to Abuse and Oppression To Hear This Sermon  Click Here Good morning everyone. Today is the day that we traditionally hold a special worship service to address a current evil in our world and the church today—Intimate Partner Violence, also known as IPV. Lori and I have been […]

Resistance: Jesus’ Call for the Church Communion as Resistance September 30 As we continue this series on resistance, we have discussed that the early Christians were called by Jesus to “resist” the dominant Empire of their land. Jesus lived during the days of occupied Palestine, meaning that Rome ruled the area and placed the people […]

Resistance: Jesus’ Call to the Church Worship Jesus as Resistance September 16 Last week we began our series concerning the calling of Christians/the church, to be a form of resistance in their world. We began the series by sharing that “Jesus is Lord…” was comparable to stating “Jesus is Caesar.” The terms used of Caesar […]

Resistance: The Call of the Church Jesus is Caesar: Called to Resist September 9 : Click to Listen to Sermon Today we begin our series discussing the early church as a community of resistance. When we think of resistance, we might find that people have different perspectives on the meaning of this word. If you […]

I read this article as a response to Willow Creek’s recent change in leadership and feel that the issues we are facing with #MeToo in churches, are still not being addressed. This article is an example. Surratt lists four responses to the recent stepping down of leadership at Willow Creek. He suggests that four traps we can […]

While some may suggest that this article is harsh, or the stepping down of leaders too extreme–it is important for leaders to not only strive for integrity in how we treat all humans (male and female) but to strive for justice. We should acknowledge failure and take appropriate measures. Dismissing victims’ testimonies carries both shame in […]

. Olympic figure skater and Dancing with the Stars contestant Adam Rippon recently made critical comments concerning former Olympic figure skater and DWTS contestant Tonya Harding. The comments, while understood to critique Harding’s participation in the attack on Nancy Kerrigan resulting from being banned from Olympic figure skating, have, in my opinion, set our work […]