Hope from the bottom of Pandora's box No Nabobs of Negativity When I saw these readings for today I had a hunch that turned out to be right. The fifth Sunday of Lent 2020, which was the last … [Read more...]
Harjo, John, and Me at the Table
Okay, I cheated. I cut about two-thirds of that story from the Gospel of John because it is just too long and too wordy and too repetitive. So even though you likely remember it I will briefly … [Read more...]
A Sermon from the Back Room
You know me, I almost never wear a clerical collar except on Sundays and special events – like weddings, funerals, and of course, visiting the hospital. But one day in downtown Buffalo when I … [Read more...]
Whispers
Shh. Listen…. Take a nice slow deep breath. We are going to be very quiet this morning so that we might hear the wind. The wind. The wind is a whisper. The wind is breath upon our face. The … [Read more...]
Garden Party!
German: Utopien 04 A link to the video format of this sermon appears at the end of the text (Just a quick reminder: We are all preachers this Lent. Our Lenten discipline is to become a … [Read more...]
Timbre!
Ash Wednesday is counter-intuitive after spending a long weekend with two and four year old grandsons. They resist sleep -- their motors idling high and their fresh minds a relentless mouse … [Read more...]
A God Who Eats Black Holes for a Snack
I should warn you that this is an unfinished sermon, sort of. You'll see what I mean, and I won't leave you hanging. Wednesday, my sermon day when I’m lucky, Rabia and I began the morning with … [Read more...]
Fire or Water?
Doggone it. I hate it when the text is so onerous and foggy that I have to spend all my preaching time explaining it just to get to it. But that is where we are today. I love that piece from … [Read more...]
Saltness, Lightness, Suchness
A link for a Youtube version follows the text If you are salt and loose your saltness, what are you? If you are light and hidden in darkness so that your light never appears, what are … [Read more...]
Thank You!
Thank you. Thank you for sharing in this online spiritual community. I am humbled again and again by its reach across national boundaries and continents, across religious traditions and among those … [Read more...]
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