Author name: mrdcp

One thing about cancer and treatment — you think you’re doing great, and you forget you’re still taking oral chemo. […]

A month after my surgery, I went to an industry conference. I had very little hair. I still looked like […]

The other day I was sitting at dinner next to a friend I hadn’t seen in five years. She’s the […]

It has been over a year since I found out I had cancer. Looking back, one of the toughest times […]

“The manna stopped the day after they ate this food from the land; there was no longer any manna for […]

A friend texted me today. She’s early in her own cancer journey. I did a check-in text to see how […]

Be a PLANTER. Lead Scripture — Proverbs 6:16-19. What if the algorithm isn’t broken — it’s just trained on our outrage? A sermon on what happened when neighbors showed up with hay balers after a funeral.

“In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.” — John 16:33 Big celebration […]

Guest post by Heather No one gets married thinking that it’s going to be anything but forever. No one expects […]

My daughter and I were walking on Sunday, covering the week. She’s a freshman, and she just had her first […]

My son texted me this morning. “I don’t know if I can make it the whole day without crying.” Let […]

“And who knows but that you have come to your royal position for such a time as this?” — Esther […]

“Do not remember the sins of my youth and my rebellious ways; according to your love remember me, for you, […]

“Then the Lord called Samuel. Samuel answered, ‘Here I am.’” — 1 Samuel 3:4 My 13-year-old has started setting Alexa […]

“Noah did everything just as God commanded him.”— Genesis 6:22 So, this is week two of 10 Minute Sermons. And […]

“Rejoice with those who rejoice; mourn with those who mourn.” — Romans 12:15 My 14-year-old rides the bus. She hates […]

“Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have […]

“Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says.” — James 1:22 Medically, this […]

Two friends called years later to apologize for things I had long forgotten. One waited forty years. The other wasn’t even sure if she’d already called because it weighed on her that much. A sermon about the call you haven’t made yet.

God gave you the gift. The how is on you. A sermon about the seven gifts in Romans 12, the improv rule that changed how I see faith, and what happened when I finally stopped saying no.

A cheer coach told my daughter six words that wrecked me: “Accept the correction and move on.” A sermon about why we spin out on corrections instead of letting them do their work — and what happens when we finally stop explaining.

There is a plastic pig in the cancer center. People detour just to squeeze it. This sermon explores why the tiniest moments of joy — the ones that make no sense — might be the ones that save you.

When Niki was diagnosed with cancer, her first instinct was to face it alone. This testimonial shares how opening the door to community — from a Sunshine Squad to a minister on a cancelled flight — transformed her storm into something beautiful.

Proverbs 27:17 tells us iron sharpens iron. From the Chiefs locker room to small-town Kansas, this sermon explores why the people who challenge you are the ones who change you. Choose your five wisely.