A video version is found at the end of the sermon text I have a friend who, with a younger wife, had his first child at age 49. He was both joyful and anxious in anticipation of having kids in … [Read more...]
A blushing request
subversivepreacher.org is first and foremost, a ministry. Honestly, it is only a ministry. By ministry I mean literally the meaning of the two Greek words that compose its root: to be sent and to … [Read more...]
Don’t wait for the angels…
Scroll down for Video version I’m starting all over again. This is a second stab at a sermon, the first one just didn’t seem right. It may have been okay if we weren’t in our eleventh month of … [Read more...]
You
The video format of this sermon can be found by scroll to the end of the text Today is the Last Sunday of Epiphany and this is a reflection on the “Transfiguration” story in the gospel of … [Read more...]
Sneaking out the back door
TEXTS Dove that ventured outside by Rainer Maria Rilke Dove that ventured outside, flying far from the dovecote: housed and protected again, one with the day, the night, knows what … [Read more...]
What are your demons afraid of?
A video version can be found by scrolling to the end of the text 4 Epiphany: A reflection on Mark 1:21-28 To pick up on the theme of story-telling from last week, whoever wrote the Gospel of … [Read more...]
Awakening
To view the video version scroll to the bottom of the text These two stories from Jonah and Mark, are, well, stories. For all we know they may have actually happened but we also know that … [Read more...]
What happens when we cross the Rubicon?
YouTube Video available if you scroll down Sometimes something happens and suddenly everything seems different. “Rubicon” is the word for it - the point of no return. (I recommend you look up … [Read more...]
Hearing Voices
A video version can be found below if you scroll to the end of the text. Genesis 1:1-5 In the beginning God created the sky and the earth. The earth was empty and had no form. Darkness covered the … [Read more...]
In Response to Sedition
An attempted legislative coup d'é·tat preceded the mob action that overran the so-called “People’s House” in the nation’s capital. The mob was commissioned by the occupant of the White House, Donald … [Read more...]
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