Sermons – Page 14

If I were a prophet…

July 11, 2021 By Cam Miller 4 Comments

Reflection on readings for 7 Pentecost (Revised Common Lectionary) YouTube video version follows the text When we have stories that feature John the Baptist like we do today, I repeatedly feel the … [Read more...]

Prophetic Community

July 4, 2021 By Cam Miller 4 Comments

Based on the readings for 6 Pentecost Video version follows text Have you have ever considered how difficult it might be to play basketball as Michael Jordan’s or LeBron James’ teenage son or … [Read more...]

Stop the parade!

June 27, 2021 By Cam Miller Leave a Comment

TEXTS for 5 Pentecost Mark 5:21-43 Scroll down for YouTube video version This story from Mark is really two stories woven into one, which is a clue to which we should pay attention. There are … [Read more...]

From out of a whirlwind

June 20, 2021 By Cam Miller 2 Comments

TEXTS for 4 Pentecost Job 38:1-11 Mark 4:35-41 Scroll down to access a YouTube video version Three years ago today, on this Sunday, we had our last Sunday worship in that big stone neo-gothic … [Read more...]

Our Inheritance

June 13, 2021 By Cam Miller Leave a Comment

Texts for Preaching: Mark 4:26-34 What to remember when waking by David Whyte The YouTube version follows the text Side-by-side in today’s reading from Mark, are two parables. I’m going down … [Read more...]

The Paradox: It is from the inside out

June 6, 2021 By Cam Miller 2 Comments

Texts for Preaching: “Courage” by Anne Sexton and Mark 3:2--35 Scroll to the end for the link to a YouTube video of this sermon This may seem like a strange sermon to preach to a bunch of old … [Read more...]

A Fool’s Errand

May 30, 2021 By Cam Miller Leave a Comment

Texts: ”Change” by Ellen Bass and John 3:1-17\ Video version follows text If you are a liturgical church sort, you know this is “Trinity Sunday” -- the week after Pentecost earmarked to celebrate … [Read more...]

Listening from the floor of history not the box seats

May 23, 2021 By Cam Miller 2 Comments

Texts for Preaching: Ezekiel 37:1-14 For video format scroll to the bottom Since it is Pentecost I am going to preach my core theology -- my bedrock. You have heard it before, one way or … [Read more...]

In this world and of it

May 16, 2021 By Cam Miller Leave a Comment

Texts for Preaching: “Breakage” by Mary Oliver John 17:6-19 Scroll down for sermon video Don’t you love how descriptive that Mary Oliver poem is? She takes us right to that place on the … [Read more...]

The Kitchen Table (More Like What Joy Harjo Sees)

May 9, 2021 By Cam Miller Leave a Comment

Sermon Texts: John 15:9-17 (https://lectionary.library.vanderbilt.edu//texts.php?id=91) and "Perhaps the World Ends Here" by Joy Harjo … [Read more...]