We are in the endangered days of a global pandemic when we are navigating uncertainty and acting in ways we never have before. We are alive in dangerous times – not only for our bodies and our … [Read more...]
We know stuff
Text for Preaching: John 9:1-41 (Cam’s Revised Version) On one particular Sabbath Jesus and his disciples got into an argument with the Temple authorities and narrowly escaped being stoned by … [Read more...]
The Fast of Social Distancing
We have a great big, juicy gospel story in front of us but the elephant in the room is the bad-boy with slurping the corona. I am going to give the elephant a drink and then take a bath in the … [Read more...]
Mysticism and Surrender
Thank you to Grant Holly for reading my sermon for me last Sunday. I knew, because he is an actor, that he would make it sound good even if it wasn’t. Thankfully, I recovered and feel nearly … [Read more...]
The New Moses
Jesus is the new Moses. Now that sounds more like a Chihuahua than a Rottweiler but for a lot of people it’s a sleeping dog you don’t want to poke. You see, we don’t care too much about … [Read more...]
A Brief Little Reflection on Ash Wednesday, In Case You Missed One
Culture changes religion. Truly, any religion you want to pick has been changed by the culture to which it is brought. Religion changes culture too, but culture and history do surgery on … [Read more...]
Under our noses
Text for Preaching: Matthew 17:1-9, "The Transfiguration" I know people forever changed by battle, both on the ground splattered by blood, and in the air singed by fire while beholding a face … [Read more...]
Cause & Effect, Not Crime & Punishment
I don’t really know where to go with Isaiah and Matthew today. They are so anti-Christian, or at least “anti” Puritan-Capitalist-Civil Religion brand of Christianity that passes for a Gospel … [Read more...]
Encoded Language
TEXTS FOR SERMON: Malachi 3:1-4 Luke 2:22-40 “Pondering These Things” by Gay Hadley "Neighbors said it first. Surely this child belongs to someone else. Mary, too, when she held … [Read more...]
The Fish
TEXTS For SERMON: Isaiah 9:2-4; "The Fish" by Mary Oliver; Matthew 4:12-23 There are so many times a poem is better than a story and this morning, I would prefer to riff on Mary Oliver’s fish … [Read more...]
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