Scroll down for video version Take good care -- this is Advent. Why do I say it that way? Because the culture is hostile to authentic presentations of Christianity. If we are … [Read more...]
Let it come…
Text for 1 Advent: Jeremiah 33:14-16, Luke 21:25-36, "Let Evening Come" by Jane Kenyon Scroll to the bottom for the video version “Let it come, as it will, and don’t be afraid. God does not leave … [Read more...]
Gratitude then live…
Texts for Preaching this Week Matthew 6:25-33, and: "Messenger" by Mary Oliver My work is loving the world. Here the sunflowers, there the hummingbird— equal seekers of sweetness. Here the … [Read more...]
A Rant and Then Perspective
Text a reflection on Mark 13:1-8 Video version is available following the text Thirty seven or eight years after Jesus was executed the Roman army reduced the Temple to ruins and conducted a … [Read more...]
All Saints’
I am guessing everyone has a favorite holiday -- Christmas, Thanksgiving, Groundhogs day... Many such holidays link religious and secular celebrations like Easter and Spring Break, Christmas … [Read more...]
Swallowing it Whole
A video version follows the text In ancient Israel, and reportedly still today, careful distinctions were made between people who belonged and did not belong, including between a “foreigner” and … [Read more...]
Stopping at the intersection of time and history – or being held by light
Scroll down for video version I want you to know that I am stuck with a particular way of reading this story from Mark. You see, in May or June of 1980 I graduated from seminary in Cambridge, … [Read more...]
It’s about our ignorance, our humility, our smallness
A video version follows the text I HAVE to talk about Job today, or more precisely, God’s indictment of Job -- and us. I have to because I really want to. But first, I want to be a teacher and … [Read more...]
A clench fist and then…
“...She shook her fist, then opened hands in praise.” That’s a lament. A lament psalm begins with bewailing the situation, shaking a fist at the universe, and ending with praise. Listen to … [Read more...]
Change – Want it
SERMON TEXTS Psalm 8 and Mark 10:2-16 See below for a video version of this sermon “Change” by Rainer Maria Rilke Want the change. Be inspired by the flame where everything shines as it … [Read more...]
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