Writings and Sermons
The lessons for Sunday can be found by clicking here. I worked most closely with 1 Corinthians 13:1-13. My dog does not appear in my sermons very often, but this week you get to hear about life with Griz, cats, and 1 Cor 12. And love. (There will be a few moments of silence before […]
Read MoreThe lessons for Epiphany can be found by clicking here”. I worked with Matthew 2:1-12 and the theology of the Epiphany. Do you have to be noticed to do something big? (There will be a few moments of silence before the sermon begins. Thank you for your patience.) Listen: Epiphany 2013
Read MoreThe lessons for this Sunday can be found here. I worked most closely with 2 Kings 5:1-14 and Mark 1:40-45. Naaman and the (disobedient) leper both come to a difficult realization. Healing isn’t about them. Listen: Epiphany 6, 2012
Read MoreThe Lessons for this Sunday can be found here. Isaiah talks about the glory of God, Jesus heals Simon’s mother-in-law, and I toss in a Heinlein quote. N.B. The Heinlein quote comes from Time Enough for Love. Listen: Epiphany 5, 2012
Read MoreThe Lessons for this Sunday can be found here. I worked most closely with Psalm 111. How are we to praise God in an assembly of the upright when we know that we often aren’t? And yet we come together every week, as we should. N.B. The quotes are close but not exact. My memory […]
Read MoreThe lessons for this Sunday can be found here.I worked most closely with Jonah 3:1-5, 10. Jonah spent 3 days walking across Ninevah and the whole city repented. Not bad…. (There will be a few moments of silence before the sermon starts. Thank you for your patience.) Listen: Epiphany 3, 2012
Read MoreThe lessons for this Sunday can be found here. I worked most closely with 1 Samuel 3:1-20 and 1 Corinthians 6:12-20. Samuel (and Eli’s sons), Paul, and Martin Luther King Jr. “All things are lawful for me but not all things are beneficial.” Paul is making an ageless point. The pursuit of what is beneficial […]
Read MoreThe lessons for this Sunday can be found here. I worked most closely with Matthew 17:1-9. Jesus gets transfigured and God speaks and this moment is about the special uniqueness of Jesus. And nothing else, right? Except, Jesus spent a lot of time talking to us and about us. So what if there’s another layer […]
Read MoreThe lessons can be found by clicking here. “Man cannot live by bread alone” but my blood sugar level is a stickler for the bread being included. Click here to listen: Epiphany 8, 2011
Read MoreThe readings for this Sunday can be found here. I worked most closely with Matthew 5:38-48. Today’s Gospel ends with “Be perfect, therefore, as your Heavenly Father is perfect.” But maybe it should be “Seek shalom, therefore, as your Heavenly Father is shalom.” Discussion of the Greek and Hebrew lies ahead. (There will be a […]
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