Luke 24:13-35
When it comes to telling the family story, Mark, Matthew, Luke and John are not unlike four brothers at a family reunion. Someone remembers something that happened when they were children. A second one interrupts: “Now that’s not the way I remember that.” By the time the others have chimed in with their versions, [...]
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Wine on the Table, Bread in the Hand, Fire in the Heart
Posted in Sermons on April 6, 2008 | 1 Comment »
From Doubt to Faith
Posted in Sermons on March 30, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Scars. Thomas knows about scars. Through the years, he’s known about the scars that life gives you. There are the external scars you get as a child when you scrape a knee or when you fall and break your arm or leg. There are the scars you get as a grownup, as you work with [...]
The Lord is Risen! Alleluia!
Posted in Sermons on March 25, 2008 | No Comments »
On this Easter Sunday morning, we celebrate the most incredible event in the Christian faith: the resurrection of Jesus the Christ. Yet even as we sing joyful Easter music, we must recognize a certain irony. The truth is that you and I missed the first moment of Easter, because it happened in the deepest, darkest [...]
Teaching on Holy Week
Posted in Sermons on March 10, 2008 | No Comments »
Sunday, 9 March, 2008
Although I seriously considered preaching on the Ezekiel “Dry Bones” reading this morning, I didn’t. Instead, I finally decided that with Holy Week on the horizon, and with so many folks who may not know much about the special Holy Week services, I would do a teaching sermon on the Triduum. Of course I [...]
A Vision of God’s Leaders
Posted in Sermons on March 3, 2008 | 1 Comment »
1 Samuel 16:1-13
“But the Lord said to Samuel, ‘. . .the Lord does not see as mortals see; they look on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks on the heart.”
Out there on the edge of the little town of Bethlehem, you can see a young king. He does not look like a king? Well, [...]
The Gift of Community
Posted in Sermons on February 24, 2008 | No Comments »
Lent III
John 4:5-42
The noon-day sun’s fierce heat was unrelenting on the woman as she trudged out of the city. She shifted the water jug from one shoulder to the other and tried not to think about how thirsty she was. How good that well water would taste. Yet how much cooler the water would have [...]
Born From Above, Born Anew, Born Again
Posted in Sermons on February 18, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Lent II, Yr A
John 3:1-17
“No one can see the kingdom of God without being born from above.”
Born from above. Born anew. Born again. The phrase “born again” is used freely and without much close examination by some Christian denominations. And that phrase—“born again” is often linked with another word: “salvation.” The way to salvation is [...]
Paradise Lost
Posted in Sermons on February 10, 2008 | No Comments »
Lent I
Genesis 2:15-17; 3:1-7
Things had gone so well at first. The garden where they lived was full of brilliantly colored flowers, lush green plants, trees with delicious, sweet fruit. Thousands of birds sang sweet music. Exotic, colorful fish swam gracefully through clear, gentle streams of water. Every day, Adam and Eve caught glimpses of animals [...]
Up On the Mountain-top
Posted in Sermons on February 4, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Readings: Exodus 24:12-18 2 Peter 1:16-21 Matthew 17:1-9
The date is May 8, 1998. The time is 5:30 a.m.—just before sunrise. The place? A rocky, natural amphitheatre just below the summit of Mount Sinai—about 6,000 feet above sea level. I have journeyed here with a group that includes a number of my seminary classmates. No one [...]
Baptism of our Lord
Posted in Sermons on January 15, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Matthew 3:13-17
If you have had children, or if you’ve been around children when they are young, you have witnessed an interesting phenomenon—one which manifests itself in the following way. You—the adult—do or say something. Then later, you hear your exact words coming out of the mouth of this child. Or you see that child do [...]
