Writings and Sermons
Pentecost is my ordination anniversary (sort of–by calendar date it could also be the Feast of the Visitation). I love this story of the Spirit calling, bustling, sending the disciples out of their comfort zone. But that was not the aspect of the Holy Spirit’s work I’ve turned to most often lately. I worked most […]
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I usually don’t preach from the Psalms because while I love them, they are a little slippery. I love Psalm 1, especially the language about the righteous being like trees planted by streams of water. I worked most closely with Psalm 1.
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I really love Peter and Cornelius’s story. It’s intricate–definitely too intricate for a lectionary reading–and so worth knowing. Knowing the whole story really helps give shape to how we follow Jesus’s command to love one another. I worked with Acts 10.44-48 and John 15.9-17. You can find the lectionary readings here and all of Acts […]
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I do not always know how I fit into some of the Bible’s agricultural metaphors. I do not have a green thumb. But I feel into and in love with Jesus’s vine metaphor. I worked most closely with John 15.1-8.
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The fourth Sunday in Easter is Good Shepherd Sunday. Every year we hear stories about our Good Shepherd. Which is beautiful and sometimes a tad exhausting for a preacher. Thank you to Sheepishly Me for some sheepish content that helped me with the exhausting angle.This year of pandemic, stress, deaths, and distancing, how badly do […]
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Every year I’m entranced and amused by the resurrected Jesus eating fish while his disciples watch. Here’s what I said this year: I worked with Luke 24.36a-48 and the prayer over the gifts.
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Alleluia! Christ is Risen! I worked most closely with Mark 16.1-8.
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A seminary classmate did an exegesis on “Jesus remember me when you come into your kingdom” and said that every time she heard that lesson she heard the Taize melody. And now I do too. When and where are Jesus’s Kingdom? The lessons for today can be found here.
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I love Maundy Thursday. I love the chance to eat together, to express the care and love we have for one another through the oddity of the washing of feet. I am mourning all of those things today. But I have also seen signs of God’s great love in my church family and those are […]
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Jesus is not usually a huge fan of crowds–or so Scripture makes it seem. He hangs out with the scholars in the temple rather than journey home, he often retreats from the crowds to pray or plans travel to evade a gathering crowds–until today. Today Jesus heads straight for crowded Jerusalem. The readings can be […]
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