~A video version follows the text ~ This sermon did not leave from the station I expected, nor did it arrive at the destination I was aiming for. Just so you know. Last week we wrung out our … [Read more...]
A River of Gratitude
I was an adjunct professor for five years and taught an introduction to the primal narratives in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. As it turned out, for some students it was also a writing boot … [Read more...]
The wilderness is where we go to find freedom from our fears
Scroll down to mind a video version of the sermon I am going to ask each of us to do something we do not like -- to touch our fear. Now remember, a lion knows as much fear as a Thompson’s … [Read more...]
You feeling down about things?
How are we to think about the world we live in just now? How can we incorporate all the dire information coming at us from different directions, and still make sense of the wonderful close-in world of … [Read more...]
Making hay when we should be making whoopee (Dillard)
A video version follows the text Many of us thought that war in Europe was something relegated to history but today it is in our headlines, on our minds, and in our prayers. The Bishop of The … [Read more...]
Stalking the gaps
https://youtu.be/JhHtH2t4I34 … [Read more...]
Lost in a Time-Distance Triangle
You have heard of the Bermuda Triangle, where ships and planes mysteriously disappear? Well I am momentarily lost in a time-distance triangle. As I write this week, I am in my room on the seventh … [Read more...]
You are the data point!
I am going to be brutally honest with you. This sermon I am about to share feels to me like yelling into a stiff wind standing over the Grand Canyon. It is not that I think you do not care or … [Read more...]
Getting off the ice floe
After the Super Bowl I felt like a cultural expatriate, an unsophisticated untouchable nebbish. So I went to Facebook wondering what people I knew were posting about it. I scrolled down, down, down … [Read more...]
Commitments of the Heart
Scroll down for video version This is a reflection on Luke 6:17-26 I confess: details matter. As someone who sees the forest more often than the trees, the acknowledgment that details … [Read more...]
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