SERMON TEXT (Scroll to bottom for YouTube Link) From the Four Quartets by T.S. Eliot, Burnt Norton I in particular. “…Time past and time future what might have been and what has been point … [Read more...]
The Amazing Complexity of Thanksgiving
What do feminism, war, political divisiveness, humanism versus Christian nationalism, Jefferson versus Lincoln, Mary had a little lamb, and the Finger Lakes have in common? Thanksgiving. On October … [Read more...]
About Separation, Limitations, and Transformations
TEXT OF SERMON (Scroll to the bottom for the YouTube version) I want to notice the obvious contrast of sheep with goats in Matthew’s emphatically eschatological sermon - by which I mean … [Read more...]
Shrinking
For those who might be concerned, this photo is of a fake shrunken head at "Wizarding World of Harry Potter" in Florida The life of the mind seems to be getting smaller as the pandemic throbs on. … [Read more...]
In Between
SCROLL TO BOTTOM FOR VIDEO VERSION You might imagine that preaching is as easy as eating an apple fritter with a hot cup of coffee. Sometimes that is true. Other times it is a rassling match - a … [Read more...]
Sharing a Nation
Tracking our emotions in the wake of the election has been like searching through the rubble of a ruined home. There is the sharp hazard of broken glass, uncertainty about the structural integrity of … [Read more...]
Wisdom
Text of Sermon Followed by Video Version Let us pray. Merciful God, our lives are hunched over as we watch our shoes take one step then another. We are drawn ever forward by the suction of … [Read more...]
Separation
Just so you know, when I wrote this I had no idea what we would be waking up to on November 4th. Whatever happened yesterday at least one thing won’t be changing because there was an election: the … [Read more...]
Jesus Sat Down
SERMON TEXT (Scroll down for New Video Format) At the end of this sermon, I am going to ask you to light a candle and share in a communal moment of lighting even though we are separated by time … [Read more...]
Almostness
Enduring the pandemic is like living in a tunnel - we can look behind us and remember how things were, and we can look to the light ahead but have no idea how long it will take or how hard it will be … [Read more...]
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