Writings and Sermons
A Good Shepherd (with a bad death) and a baptism which binds us to all of it. That we may have life abundantly. The lessons can be found by clicking here. I worked with John 10:1-10 and Acts 2:42-47. Listen:
Read MoreI sat at the deathbeds of three Churches. That was the ministry I was called to. It was not the ministry I expected. It was not, in the way that death never is, the ministry I wanted. I could see all the ways the story ended differently. More money, more people, more energy. Some of […]
Read MoreLink: Amid the Crumbs, Easter 3 2014 Summary of what I was saying and why: I was not supposed to preach this week. But due to email and schedule mishaps I did. There were two bits of the Gospel that had grabbed me. When Jesus asks the disciples what thugs had happened and the brokenness […]
Read MoreThey recognized him in the breaking of the bread… The lessons can be found by clicking here. I worked most closely with Luke 24:13-35. Listen:
Read MoreLink: Touch and Taste and See, Easter 2 2014 Summary of what I was saying and why: I love this story. At the second service we had an Easter Festival of Readings and Praise, so this was meant to be a brief sermon. Theology: Eucharistic Jesus Count: average Good News: Taste and see that the […]
Read MoreThomas did not go far enough… Listen: You can find the lessons by clicking here. I worked most closely with John 20:19-31.
Read MoreThis is a good day. A day beyond science. An inauguration of resurrection thinking. Listen: The lessons can be found by clicking here.
Read MoreWill you stay? Will you return? Listen: The lessons can be found by clicking here.
Read MoreHere we are bound, in eternity, to each other, to Christ. Listen: The lessons can be found by clicking here. I worked most closely with 1 Corinthians 11:23-26.
Read MoreLink: Darkest Hour, Palm Sunday 2014 Summary of what I was saying and why: Palm/Passion Sunday is wonderful and really hard to preach. And I don’t know how not to say something. I started thinking about how attractive Jesus must have seemed, riding into Jerusalem. It could all be real…and then we’re outside the tomb, […]
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