Risen Relationship, Easter 2015

Alleluia! Christ is Risen!  The Lord is Risen indeed! Alleluia!   The lessons can be found by clicking here.   Listen: 

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Waiting, Good Friday 2015

(The device I use to record sermons failed on Friday. I have several minutes recorded of absolutely nothing. I’m mildly stepping up the research for it’s replacement. Fortunately, I have a manuscript of almost exactly what I said.) The lessons can be found by clicking here. Today Jesus dies. Today we watch and wait. We […]

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Come to Jesus’ Table, Maundy Thursday 2015

This is the day we remember the first eucharist, the first time bread and wine became something more, and every one who was there. The lessons can be found by clicking here.  I worked most closely with John 13:1-17, 31b-35.   Listen:

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Because God Loves Us, Lent 5 2015

Today we hear Jeremiah remind us of God’s promise, “I will be your God and you will be my people.”  How do we become a people who reflect our God? The lessons can be found by clicking here.  I worked most closely with Jeremiah 31:31-34.   Listen:

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Faithful and Failure

God gives the Ten Commandments, not as edicts from on high, but as the next step in a very unequal relationship.   The lessons can be found by clicking here.  I worked most closely with Exodus 12:1-17.   Listen:

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A Covenant of Laughter, Lent 2 2014

God makes a (third!) Covenant with Abraham.  And Abraham and Sarah laugh, as they should.   The lessons for today can be found by clicking here.  I worked most closely with Genesis 17:1-7,15-16.   Listen:

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Promises, Lent 1 2015

After the flood, after Noah builds his ark, after the dry ground reappears, God makes a promise, a covenant, the first of many that we’ll hear this Lent.   The lessons can be found by clicking here.  I worked most closely with Genesis 9:8-17. Listen:

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God’s Dust, Ash Wednesday 2015

“Remember you are dust, and to dust you will return.” Ash Wednesday is a bit morbid, and a reminder that God has always know we are dust, from the very beginning.   The lessons can be found by clicking here. Listen:

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God of Eagles, Epiphany 5 2015

Mount up with eagles wings…great motivational poster with a deep and enduring theology behind it.   The lessons can be found by clicking here.  I worked most closely with Isaiah 40:21-31.   Listen:

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Made by God, Epiphany 4 2015

Paul writes about eating idol meat, and how idols are empty because they were made by human hands.  Humans, of course, were made by God.   The lessons can be found by clicking here.  I worked most closely with 1 Corinthians 8:1-13. Listen:  

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