As I mentioned a few weeks ago, which means it must be on my mind, I have been preaching for forty years, I can’t believe it. I realize that to some of you, that’s nothing – heck, Sabins got … [Read more...]
This is not about the Bible
NOTE TO READER: This week's Denim Spirit is a redeux of last Sunday's sermon, suitable for secular publication Open the Bible and from the very first chapters we discover an argument (two competing … [Read more...]
A time to fight and a time to hold differences between us
Jeremiah, the psalm, and the Gospel point to a conflict in the Bible. It is one we have seen graphically before while it is more implicit than explicit in today’s readings. So, if you don’t see … [Read more...]
2020, Finally!
2020. Wow! There were so many strategic plans named 2020. Colleges, school boards, hospitals, businesses, even the village of Oswego, not to mention the Association for Strategic Planning, all … [Read more...]
Primeval Atom
You will have to determine if this sermon is about the Big Bang or angels in my head. From time to time someone will ask me why I always dig around and poke things when it comes to … [Read more...]
A Rabia Christmas
Rabia, my five-year-old Golden-Lab mix who retains the puppiness of a one-year-old, does not understand that this morning is Christmas. She does understand visitors, more food around, cardboard and … [Read more...]
Merry Christmas
Merry Christmas. On one level Christmas has been hidden in the Miller house this year. That is because we are moving and we expected to be in our new home before Christmas. So we packed … [Read more...]
A Dirty Sermon – as in earthen
This sermon is kind of dirty. I don’t mean obscene, I mean muddy – as in, earthen. You will be happy to know it is kind of short too’ I am looking forward to Christmas Eve this year, when I … [Read more...]
‘Tis the Season
We need to rethink Christmas. It is too late to change the name, more is the pity since it sullies Jesus and Christianity with the money-changers that corrupt everything. On the other hand, Christmas … [Read more...]
Is this sermon about hope?
If I can be personal for a moment, I want to echo Wendell Berry’s poem about trees: “They are the advent they await.” Advent, an arrival or emergence, or as we say in church-speak, a … [Read more...]
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