Spending years growing the grapes that go into my wines on our family farm has given me lots of time to think about Jesus’ words “I am the vine, you are the branches” in John 15:5, and the metaphor of the trellis. In 2009 I gave the first message below.
| Original Message from 2009 | THE TRELLIS – How to know deep peace and deep purpose in your life – John 15:1-11 |
Then, 10 years later I came across the book “God in my Everything” by Ken Shigematsu which also builds on the trellis idea. I then gave the 11 messages below in a series loosely built around Ken’s book.
| TITLE | MESSAGE (Click to hear the podcast) | Chapters from GOD IN MY EVERYTHING by Ken Shigematsu |
| The Trellis | Rules | Chapters 1,2,3 |
| The Three Foundations | Roots | Chapters 4,5,6 |
| How Friendship Transforms us | Friends | Chapter 7 |
| Taking Parenting Tips from a Klingon | Family | Chapter 9 |
| Christians as sexual beings in troubled times | Sex | Chapter 8 |
| God and My Body | Body | Chapter 10 |
| The lost Art of Playfulness | Play | Chapter 11 |
| Meeting God at Work | Work | Chapter 13 |
| Faith, Politics, Government, and the Elusiveness of Godly Justice | Justice | Chapter 14 |
| Ambassador of Christ | Witness | Chapter 15 |
| How healthy is my Relationship with Money, Really ? | Money | Chapter 12 |
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