Author Archives: Steve LaMotte
10 Albums/10 Days | Thriller
The “post 10 albums in 10 days with no commentary” thing has been going around Facebook again. I was thinking about posting mine, but then, Dylan Lloyd went ahead and nominated me to do it. I am not going to … Continue reading
Ten Albums/Ten Days | Endless Summer
The “post 10 albums in 10 days with no commentary” thing has been going around Facebook again. I was thinking about posting mine, but then, Dylan Lloyd went ahead and nominated me to do it. I am not going to … Continue reading
Blessed are the Peacemakers
[Sermon preached on Sunday, May 17th at Avenue United Methodist Church. Listen here.] There is a memorable scene in National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation where the Griswald Family is driving to the country to cut down their own Christmas Tree. There … Continue reading
Let’s Not Return to Normal
If there is one thing I hear over and over again during this stay-at-home Corona-quarantine time is that people are longing to “get back to normal.” I get the sentiment. For the last 50 days, we have been homeschooling four … Continue reading
On Our Side | Pure in Heart
In February of 2010, I felt something that I’ve never felt before. I felt my heartbeat. Certainly, I’ve felt my heartbeat, but I’ve never felt it throughout the course of the day. I’ve never felt it as I lay in … Continue reading
What I’m Reading: April 2020
The Coronavirus Quarantine of 2020 was in effect for my April reading list. I didn’t complete any books in March, mostly because I was working on the first two books listed here. I made up for that in April. I … Continue reading
Living in Meekness
[Sermon preached April 26, 2020 at Avenue United Methodist Church] There is a well-known scene in the 2002 Spider-Man movie where Peter Parker is having a heart-to-heart conversation with his Uncle Ben. Peter, has been bitten by a radioactive spider … Continue reading
On Our Side: Blessed are Those Who Mourn
[From the 4/19/20 sermon at Avenue United Methodist Church] A 2017 article in Men’s Health told the story of Conrad Anker, a world-class mountain climber who, at the time, was one of four people on earth to summit Mt. Everest … Continue reading
An Unexpected Easter
[Easter Message Preached at Avenue United Methodist Church on April 12, 2020] When I was a child, I can remember the excitement surrounding Easter in our small country church. Sunrise service was followed by breakfast in our church basement prepared … Continue reading
A Holy Week Lament
Here we are on Holy Thursday, in our homes and unable to gather ‘in-person’ as the body of Christ. In many ways, we may feel like the disciples on that first Holy Week. They walked with Jesus into Jerusalem during … Continue reading
Exiled Community 