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...]
If It Is Red…
This is my fourth Pentecost at Trinity, I can’t believe it. For those who weren’t here then, I was taller and had a full head of hair. We have come a long way: navigated radical changes with … [Read more...]
“Don’t Get Sucked In!”
I’m pretty sure this is old news – not fake news, just old news – as in, I have mentioned it before. But I was back home in Indiana this week and so it is on my mind. In my hometown of … [Read more...]
An Evening to Remember
A Gullywasher Didn't Dampen The Night! Thank You Nancy & Jeff at Allisonville! … [Read more...]
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