TEXTS For SERMON: Isaiah 9:2-4; "The Fish" by Mary Oliver; Matthew 4:12-23 There are so many times a poem is better than a story and this morning, I would prefer to riff on Mary Oliver’s fish … [Read more...]
More water stories
As I mentioned a few weeks ago, which means it must be on my mind, I have been preaching for forty years, I can’t believe it. I realize that to some of you, that’s nothing – heck, Sabins got … [Read more...]
A time to fight and a time to hold differences between us
Jeremiah, the psalm, and the Gospel point to a conflict in the Bible. It is one we have seen graphically before while it is more implicit than explicit in today’s readings. So, if you don’t see … [Read more...]
Primeval Atom
You will have to determine if this sermon is about the Big Bang or angels in my head. From time to time someone will ask me why I always dig around and poke things when it comes to … [Read more...]
Merry Christmas
Merry Christmas. On one level Christmas has been hidden in the Miller house this year. That is because we are moving and we expected to be in our new home before Christmas. So we packed … [Read more...]
A Dirty Sermon – as in earthen
This sermon is kind of dirty. I don’t mean obscene, I mean muddy – as in, earthen. You will be happy to know it is kind of short too’ I am looking forward to Christmas Eve this year, when I … [Read more...]
Is this sermon about hope?
If I can be personal for a moment, I want to echo Wendell Berry’s poem about trees: “They are the advent they await.” Advent, an arrival or emergence, or as we say in church-speak, a … [Read more...]
Christmas Subversion
Alright folks, this is the Second Sunday of Advent so it is time to get honest. That’s a consumer warning. Second Advent is far enough away from Christmas Eve that we can open the book on … [Read more...]
Poetry as Theology
At great risk of an empty table for TheoEd today, the topic is “The Bible as Poetry.” I say that because poetry – like Jazz and classical music – has an infinitesimal audience of about 3% of … [Read more...]
Art of Dying – And Living
George Harrison of Beatles fame, wrote a song called, “Art of Dying. In it he describes death as life's greatest opportunity. Most of us don’t think of death as an opportunity, rather, as some … [Read more...]
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