I have a divided mind. I am going to describe it to you – metaphorically, it is a kind of Jeremiah/Jesus split. My first mind is not unlike Jeremiah’s rant we heard today, or that amazing and … [Read more...]
We Are The Known Not The Knower
In that passage from Luke this morning, Jesus drives us off the ledge like Thelma and Louise. He’s taking no prisoners and he clearly does not care what we think about his declaration. “Hate … [Read more...]
Peace be with you
I went to a laboratory school. It was kindergarten-through-high school in the same building, and, while a public school, it was also operated by the teacher’s college of the local university. I … [Read more...]
Newton’s First Law of Sabbath
TEXTS for PREACHING: Emily Dickonson's, "Some keep the Sabbath going to Church" … [Read more...]
The Dustiness of Jesus
WARNING: To my friends who are theologically conservative or evangelical in your ideas about Christianity, reading sermons on subversivepreacher or subversivepreacher Facebook may be troubling to you. … [Read more...]
The New Physics of the Lord’s Prayer
So, this sermon was written sitting on the floor of our empty sunroom as movers loaded up the van to take the remaining contents of our home to storage for six months. I am telling you this, in … [Read more...]
The Movement
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fW8amMCVAJQ Spring break of the last year of seminary, the bishop of the Diocese of Indianapolis brought the four senior seminarians home for each of us interview … [Read more...]
Jesus Behind Door Number One, Door Number Two, or Door Number Three?
Texts for Preaching: Luke 9:51-62 and "Manifesto: The Mad Farmer Liberation Front" by Wendell Berry For most of my time in Buffalo, Kevin was the secretary at the church I served. I associate … [Read more...]
Pigs
Once every three years my favorite gospel story comes around in the lectionary cycle: Jesus verses Legion. If there was one gospel story that is a microcosm of the entire gospel, this story is … [Read more...]
No Throne, No Heresy
What do these books have in common: “Harry Potter,” Marc Gellman’s, “Does God Have A Big Toe?” and Martin Buber’s, “I and Thou.” Give up? They are the books I used in the last three years to … [Read more...]
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