A Gullywasher Didn't Dampen The Night! Thank You Nancy & Jeff at Allisonville! … [Read more...]
Thirty-Eight Years a Priest and Thirty-Eight Years of Sobriety: How I Failed at Both
This Essay Appears on Medium.com https://medium.com/@unsolicitedp/thirty-eight-years-a-priest-and-thirty-eight-years-of-sobriety-how-i-failed-at-both-9d044c1fa6e6 … [Read more...]
To My Grandson, a Note in a Bottle
Ptolemy World Map 1467 To my grandson. My Dearest Declan, Just this week for the first time, you escaped your play blanket on your own. Your mom and dad celebrated it by texting us all a … [Read more...]
TRUST
Preachers are such an easy target. And church-goers in general, way too easy for the culture to lampoon and caricature. I’m not breaking any news here, am I? We used to be the mainstream and … [Read more...]
That Terrible Trinity
Okay, this is a little weird for a sermon, but it’s all I got for today. Of all the creatures on this blue planet, the two with whom we have the most generous relationship, are cats and … [Read more...]
Ghost Busters
I’m not sure we’re ready for this, but here goes. What if I told you a story about the time I saw my Great Aunt Elma, five months deceased, standing on the dresser in my bedroom wearing a … [Read more...]
My Tribe
This sermon might not be for you – just a head’s up. Being religious in our world is not comfortable for some of us. “Spiritual not religious” is a euphemism for a vague belief or intuition … [Read more...]
Your Easter Wonton Soup
*The Liturgical Poem for Easter: "An Impossible Darkness" by Kim Rosen So, let’s think about this. Jesus’ women-friends go to the tomb to take care of business and come back and tell Jesus’ … [Read more...]
Palliative: To relieve without curing
I’m just saying, Palm Sunday is the hardest sermon to preach all year long. Just remember that when you’re tempted to throw your prayer stone. When Easter arrives, we can dream again. But for … [Read more...]
A Lens on Death
I know I just posted last Sunday's sermon, but I wanted to share a sermon I preached on Saturday, at the memorial for a friend and colleague, Rollin Norris, who lived the last years of his life … [Read more...]
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