Writings and Sermons
Link: Kickstartering the Kingdom Summary of what I was saying and why: I had started somewhere else with work that going to become not this sermon. It didn’t fit the lessons. In the wake of that massive edit I had one note about how these things Jesus and Isaiah mention were stretch goals. And then […]
Read MoreThe lessons can be found by clicking here. I worked most closely with Isaiah 35:1-10. Goals, stretch goals, and the promises of the Kingdom. Listen:
Read MoreLink: Jades and the Tree of Jesse, Advent 2 2013 Summary of what I was saying and why: I actually started with the word steadfast in the Epistle. That got me to the concept of being steadfast with one another and the Jade plant story. But steadfast is not a common story. So I wound […]
Read MoreThe lessons can be found by clicking here. I worked with all of them. Waiting and more waiting. Listen here:
Read MoreLink: Map to Halfway, Advent 1 2013 Summary of what I was saying and why: I love Isaiah and the imagery of God’s Holy Hill is one that seems to be popular. Except we don’t actually live there. It’s not close. Theology: Atonement Jesus Count: medium Good News: Jesus meets us halfway What did I […]
Read MoreThe lessons can be found by clicking here. I worked most closely with Isaiah 2:1-5. Isaiah holds up a vision of where we should be headed. It’s the getting there that’s hard. Listen:
Read MoreLink: Jesus and The Doctor, Christ the King 2013 Summary of what I was saying and why: I start with the line from Jeremiah, “the days are surely coming.” And with that ran toward eschatology. I took a bit from Moltmann, a bit of sacrificial Eucharistic atonement, and Doctor Who. I wound up considering just […]
Read MoreA recent post by Tony Jones on Theoblogy called for a schism over the question of women’s ordination.** This has kicked off some response. I, as a woman ordained in a liberal branch of Christ’s Church, don’t agree. You might think that I’d appreciate the solidarity for women’s ordination. After all I get quizzical looks and questions […]
Read MoreThe lessons can be found by clicking here. I worked with all three readings. Time collapses, history all happens at once. It’s either Dr Who or Jesus. Listen here:
Read MoreLink: Things that Last, 17 November 2013 Summary of what I was saying and why: Everything is temporal. One of my mentors told me that. It all decays, deteriorates, gets torn down. Even the things that matter to us. That matter to the people we leave them too. Except water, wine, bread. Jesus’s followers have […]
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