SERMONS & REFLECTIONS | CDL Monastery

A WORD IN LENT - "Practice"

My friend Earle plays the oboe professionally. I have heard him say that practice does not make perfect as the old saying goes, but that...

CHANGE - AN INSIDE JOB

Imagine the scene. Jesus and the disciples have been pressing on in ministry for nearly three years. The demands have been great....

A BAND ON THE RUN

How wonderful is the Christmas story that tells of angels from above, shepherds from the fields, and wise ones from the East beholding...

THE MAGI JOURNEY

Spiritual awakening happens in many ways. As many ways in fact, as there are people who have and continue to journey along this spiritual...

THE ADVENT CALL OF CHRISTMAS

Luke 3:1-6 Advent is upon us. For Christians, Advent is the first of seven seasons of the church, and begins roughly four weeks prior to...

REMEMBER WHO YOU ARE

There is a scene in The Lion King when the mystic healer Rafiki takes Simba to meet the spirit of his deceased father Mufasa, who before...

SURRENDER

For those who want to save their life will lose it, and those who lose their life for my sake, and for the sake of the gospel, will save...

THE SCANDAL AND THE EPIPHANY

What does it mean for us that God has come to us in the form of the person Jesus? Good news for sure, but what is this good news that...