One benefit of doing something for a long time -- as in preaching for forty-plus years -- is that you have reference material. I try never to preach the same sermon twice but I vigorously use … [Read more...]
Grow your heart
Underneath it all, this problematic story from Matthew is about our default settings. Think computers here. A default setting is what will be used automatically... next time. If we want … [Read more...]
Thank You
Our first child was born at 10:30 on a Sunday morning but the rest of them had the good sense to avoid putting their Dad under that kind of stress. This week grandchild number three gave us a … [Read more...]
Draw down, Beloved
There is an elephant in the room, and it isn’t the Republican one. It is a big ole elephant that makes everyone uncomfortable and is just plain painful. It’s this: Jesus may call a bunch of … [Read more...]
Lovers and Haters
https://youtu.be/bzvm75qJi_s So this the most famous teaching of Jesus, isn’t it? It’s got to be one of them, right up there with turn the other cheek and blessed are the peacemakers. But this … [Read more...]
Hoof on the Forehead
I want to start with that image in Mary Oliver’s poem that I find so compelling -- such wonderful spiritual wisdom. Then we’ll get to the Gospel and maybe find some other wisdom. So what I take … [Read more...]
Do you want or need this sermon?
mansplain verb (used with or without object) (of a man) to explain something to a woman in a condescending, overconfident, and often inaccurate or oversimplified manner, … [Read more...]
Forgiveness, Part Two
https://youtu.be/iXvKHJ4XBPs This is a sermon about mercy and forgiveness. It is a sermon you have heard a hundred times before, dozens of times from me. It has elements that may be … [Read more...]
Forgiveness and not forgiveness
https://youtu.be/0OzYBn6_Rsk Well, here I am with a brand-spanking new knee but I am still learning how to walk. So don’t push me too hard or I’ll fall over and not be able to get up. I wish I … [Read more...]
Bedrock theology – absolute bedrock
800 BCE, first known mention of the God of Israel Archive Sermon from 2017 Text for Preaching Exodus 3:1-15 Moses was keeping the flock of his father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian; he … [Read more...]
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