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Finding Christ in All the Wrong Places:
Asleep In the Storm
Mark 4:35-41 Nov. 1, 2009

Rev. Dr. Keith M. Curran
St. Andrew Presbyterian Church
1885 Bridge Road Suffolk, VA 23433
www.standrewpres.net

It’s interesting that the 3-year Galilean ministry of Jesus included 3 journeys into Gentile territory, loosely corresponding to the 3 missionary journeys of Paul in the Book of Acts. In today’s story from Mark 4, Jesus starts off on his first journey: from… Continue

Finding Christ in All the Wrong Places:
At the Offering Box
Mark 12:38-13:2
Oct. 25, 2009

Rev. Dr. Keith M. Curran
St. Andrew Presbyterian Church
1885 Bridge Road Suffolk, VA 23433
www.standrewpres.net

How many of you will admit to the guilty pleasure of being a people watcher? People watching is a national pastime in the airport or at the mall. I’ve even heard that city engineers design the location of park benches so that they provide the best vantag… Continue

Finding Christ in All the Wrong Places:
Back Home Again
Luke 4:14-30 Oct. 18, 2009
Rev. Dr. Keith M. Curran
St. Andrew Presbyterian Church
1885 Bridge Road Suffolk, VA 23433
www.standrewpres.net

The late Mike Yaconelli, in his book Messy Spirituality, writes: “According to his critics, Jesus did it ‘all wrong’. He went to the wrong places, said the wrong things, and worst of all, let just anyone into the kingdom. What made people furious was Jesus’ irresponsible habit of throwing open the doors… Continue

Finding Christ in All the Wrong Places:
In Isaiah’s Song
Isaiah 53
Oct. 11, 2009


In the movie First Knight, staring Richard Gere as Lancelot and Sean Connery as King Arthur, we’re introduced to Camelot and the Knights of the Round Table. Lancelot is a ‘sword for hire’ when we meet him. He rescues Guinevere from brigands and falls in love with her, but she is promised in marriage to King Arthur. In one scene, the core values of Camelot are contrasted with Lancelot’s selfish and self-serving lif… Continue

Finding Christ in All the Wrong Places:
At the Burning Bush
Exodus 3
Oct. 4, 2009

Rev. Dr. Keith M. Curran
St. Andrew Presbyterian Church
1885 Bridge Road Suffolk, VA 23433
www.standrewpres.net

Sociologist Tony Campolo says that “The God we worship is a hidden God. He does not force us to confront Him, but waits patiently for the time to come when we all seek Him out. God longs for us to seek after him with heart and mind and soul.” (Let Me Tell You a Story, pg. 1)
In one lecture he told a sto… Continue