Picture this scene. Martin Luther King, Jr. sits by himself in an anteroom with his head in his hands knowing that assassins are prowling the perimeter of his life. Even so he must go forth into … [Read more...]
“Attention is the beginning of devotion”
Text for Preaching "Gratitude" by Mary Oliver What did you notice? The dew-snail; the low-flying sparrow; the bat, on the wind, in the dark; big-chested geese, in the V of sleekest … [Read more...]
What to do at the end of the world
When the world is about to end we can huddle in the corner crouched with our hands over our heads ...or we feed each other oysters and dance. That M. S. Merwin poem lays it out quite nicely. So … [Read more...]
Force Multiplier
Link to Marie Howe poem, "My Dead Friends:" https://poets.org/poem/my-dead-friends Isn’t this the most wonderfully personal public intimacy -- All Saints’ Day I mean. We create this moment in … [Read more...]
He changed, he just changed
It is curious that Jesus says salvation has come to Zacchaeus’ house, ”because he too is a son of Abraham.” It isn’t because Zacchaeus gave away half his belongings and a whole lot of money … [Read more...]
Relentless Trust
“The point is, you’re you, and that’s for keeps.” And for me, that’s a famous poet proving it’s okay to use contractions in a poem. Yay! I speak in contractions all the time but always … [Read more...]
In Conflict with God
Scroll down for video version of the sermon Texts for Preaching Genesis 32:22-31 The same night Jacob got up and took his two wives, his two maids, and his eleven children, and crossed the ford … [Read more...]
A Seed of Hope
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Leaving the 100 Acre Woods
A video is available when you scroll to the bottom of the text I go away for one week and someone slips in two awful readings. Billy Collins is a saving grace, however. Psalm 137 has an iconic … [Read more...]
Bilbo Baggins, TS Elliot, and Our Adventures
This is an archive sermon from a 2004 Sunday evening Jazz worship in Buffalo, NY and there is no video version of it. “The brave things in the old tales and songs, Mr. Frodo: adventures, as I used … [Read more...]
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