Writings and Sermons
Link: You can listen to what I said here: Broken, Loving Hearts, Easter 5, 2013 Summary of what I was saying and why: Love has consequences. Jesus instructs us to love one another and then gets crucified. We love and often get hurt. Love, though, can often be not only transformational but resurrectional. Theology: Salvation […]
Read MoreThe lessons can be found by clicking here. I worked most closely with John 13:31-35. Love has consequences. Listen:
Read MoreSomewhere around the 4th or 5th week of Easter, I find myself remembering my friend, classmate, and colleague the Rev Cody Unterseher. I think about Cody not because the anniversary of his death is around this time of the year (April 25). I remember Cody because of what happened on Facebook in 2010. Cody and […]
Read MoreLink:Dancing, Stretchers, and Sheep, Easter 4 2013 Summary of what I was saying and why: This was the second sermon I wrote. The first was was good. And then I was reading one of my favorite poets before bed one night (something I do, but not that often) and suddenly I was thinking about a […]
Read MoreThe lessons can be found by clicking here. I worked most closely with John 10: 22-30. Easter 4 is Good Shepherd Sunday. Which is hard for us to hear with depth. The poem is “A Divine Invitation” by Hafiz, from I Heard God Laughing.
Read MoreThis week has been bad. I don’t know the adjectives to describe how bad. It started with tragedy for too many people as the rest of the nation watched with horror, prayed in sympathy, and helped in kindness. But the week refused to stop there. Monday’s bombing at the finish line of the Boston Marathon […]
Read MoreLink: Peter and Promises Summary of what I was saying and why: This sermon was slow to write. The Gospel is about feeding, it’s about love, it’s about Resurrection, and none of that was interesting to me this year. It felt like I’d just done something on the whole obedience bit in Acts and Revelation […]
Read MoreThe lessons can be found by clicking here. I worked most closely with John 21:1-19. Peter, the bumbling disciple, is also having some trouble keeping promises.
Read MoreLink:Faith, Doubt, and Community Summary of what I was saying and why: This is always a fun text for me. The perennial question of how unquestioning faith is or should be is one worth revisiting. This year Steve Pankey wrote about what the Greek actually says and I started thinking. There are plenty of people, […]
Read MoreThe lessons can be found by clicking here. I worked with John 20:19-31. Thomas has not-belief. As do we all. This is a fairly interactive sermon. I tried to make sure the mic picked up the gist but there may be parts that are tough to understand. Thank you for your patience. Easter 2, 2013
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