Author: Chris Kosary

Scripture:  Luke 12:49-56 In 2003 I started my journey into ministry when I was hired for a very part-time youth ministry position at Old Capitol UMC in Corydon, IN.  Within that first year, I preached for the first time on a youth Sunday.  Since then, I have preached somewhere close to 600 times.  In addition … [Read more…]

Scripture:  Jonah 1:17-2:10 I like to read and I end up reading several books a year.   This will probably not come as a surprise, but my favorite genre is science fiction.  So when I was a senior in high school and I had to take elective classes since I had already met most of the … [Read more…]

Scripture:  Daniel 6:1-23 In 2013 Civil rights activist and world leader Nelson Mandela passed away.  This event was international news and covered in every news media, but the report caused confusion for a lot of people because they thought he was already dead.  Multiple people reported confusion at the news because they distinctly remembered news … [Read more…]

I remember sitting in a history class in college.  It was the day a major term paper was due.  Like the vast majority of the class, I had been up very late into the previous night finishing the paper.  As the professor gathered up the papers, he said with a smirk, “You know there will … [Read more…]

Scripture:  Judges 6:1-20 This year was my eleventh consecutive year to volunteer as a church camp director.   For the past several years I have served at Camp Indicoso in Southern Indiana, but for the first four I was part of a team at Camp Adventure on the Lake Webster backwaters.  One of the water features … [Read more…]

Scripture:  Genesis 7:11-24; 8:13-21 When Johnny Carson retired from his legendary run on the Tonight Show it set off the Late Night Wars as his successor Jay Leno and his protégé David Letterman were soon competing on rival networks.  Personally, of the two I was always more of a Letterman fan, but Leno did have … [Read more…]

Scripture:  Exodus 3:1-14 One of the statistical dichotomies that I find most amusing is that in the United States people think that only 8 to 10% of people are actually good or excellent drivers.  At the same time, 73% of people consider themselves excellent drivers.   Those numbers do not add up.  Almost 3/4ths of people … [Read more…]

Scripture:  Romans 5:1-5 Growing up my family would always get a daily newspaper, and from a fairly young age I would daily read the comic strips.   One of my personal favorites was Calvin and Hobbes, the strip by Bill Waterson, which featured a rambunctious child and his stuffed tiger.  One of the occasional set up … [Read more…]

Scripture:  1 Samuel 17:38-50 I attended Milan Elementary School, so I know the story well.  The year was 1954, this was before Indiana high school sports had divisions based on size.   Milan High School had a total enrollment of 161 and they found themselves playing at Hinkle Fieldhouse against the ten times larger school of … [Read more…]

There are several Creeds, statements of belief, that stand out in church tradition and define the collective beliefs common to most branches of Christianity.   Most denominations, like the United Methodist Church, also have statements of doctrinal beliefs and articles of religion that clearly spell out the theological beliefs of the church.  However, I suspect … [Read more…]