His father adores him, and his older brothers hate him. After Joseph charms his way to wealth and power in Egypt, he finally holds their lives in his hands.

This is the talk from Sunday, May 24, just after a huge deluge hit Wimberley with record flooding and power outages. The lights came back on just in time for services:

Abraham and Sarah, an elderly couple with no children, decide to use a servant girl to start a family. Then – surprise! – they have a child of their own. Can this be anything but trouble?

Two parents, two sons and a murder. The original dysfunctional family. 

We pray, we affirm, we visualize, we set intentions, and sometimes we outright beg. What does it mean when prayer just doesn’t seem to work?