I am not sure I could call this a sermon, but I’ll let you be the judge of that. I did wait until I was off of pain meds to work on it. There is always a riptide of temptation to allow the sermon … [Read more...]
Preaching, Death, Trust
A video version follows the text Can I just say that preaching isn’t as easy as it looks. I know it is not really a job for a grown man or woman, but it’s all I know. And once in awhile I just … [Read more...]
When a sermon is not a sermon and God is in between the lines
This column originally appeared in The Finger Lakes Times, as part of a weekly column, "Denim Spirit." But before that, it was a sermon (see post for 4/30/17). This is what a sermon looks like, … [Read more...]
On Preaching
Once, when going through a prolonged depression, I would mutter, “preaching is no job for a grown man (or woman).” Even when not depressed, I have at times quietly disparaged the profession I … [Read more...]
CHANGE
CHANGE For over a thousand years the Church has been a preservationist institution seeking to encase previous elements of its past - including architecture, worship, music, and doctrines - in the … [Read more...]
SHEPHERDNESS
Link to Lectionary Texts for Proper 11B: http://www.lectionarypage.net/YearB_RCL/Pentecost/BProp11_RCL.html If you are using the Jeremiah tract with Mark, which I am, then the unifier is … [Read more...]
FOUR
No gratuitous intimacy, please. It is highly debatable that there is ever a time for significant personal self-disclosure from the pulpit but if there is then no one should be left with any doubt … [Read more...]