Today is the day. Thank you to Unsolicited Press for featuring this interview on their website. Since I am not preaching today, I invite you to follow this link for a more personal snapshot of me as a … [Read more...]
The Prophet
Everyone who travels has an airplane story. I’m talking about that encounter you had with someone that you will never forget. It is such a good story, it almost feels unreal when you tell … [Read more...]
Touching…and Being Touched
The thing about a chronic illness is that it’s always with you. It is relentless, an uninvited guest we do not want and probably fear. Many once life-threatening illnesses have become chronic … [Read more...]
And finally, God speaks…
You have heard this sermon before. Maybe not this exact sermon, but something close to it. It is said, and you are a better judge of this than me, that preachers have only a few core … [Read more...]
It’s Not About Us…But We Must Act As If It Is
Texts: "What I have Learned So Far" by Mary Oliver: Mark 4:26-34: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Mark+4%3A26-34&version=NRSV Even though I grew up in Indiana and the flat … [Read more...]
Projection – spiritual and otherwise
The Gospel of Mark has opened the window on a very painful moment for Jesus and his family. So many Biblical stories reveal raw human encounters and struggles if we read them as they actually … [Read more...]
Sabbath Listening
TEXTS for Preaching: "Dust" by Doriane Laux and Mark 2:23-3:6 (Oh, and don't forget Deuteronomy 5:12-15!) “Someone spoke to me last night, told me the truth. Just a few words, but I recognized … [Read more...]
Spawn of Love
Texts for Preaching: Isaiah 6:1-8 Julian of Norwich, "As truly as God is our father, so, just as truly, God is our mother..." John 3:1-17 Who knew an Episcopal Presiding Bishop could so … [Read more...]
Entering the Flame
Text for Liturgical Poem: Briefly it enters and briefly speaks by Jane Kenyon https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/49765/briefly-it-enters-and-briefly-speaks This is a strange sermon but it is … [Read more...]
“Sanctify”
So, the reading from the Book of Acts, the one where they pick a replacement by drawing straws, is either a really bad case of magical thinking or an example of typical Church conflict … [Read more...]
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