Writings and Sermons
Link: 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 […]
Read MoreSummary of my planned sermon *explanation* I have chronic migraines. Horrible, daily medication chronic migraines. Once, maybe twice a year, a migraine rises to the standing-is-a-BAD-idea lever. That it happened on a Sunday was insult to injury. Thank you to the people of St Peter’s who rose to the occasion.) I was going to preach […]
Read MoreLink: Budgeting Grace, All Saints 2013 Summary of what I was saying and why: All Saints was also the first Sunday of our pledge month. And I didn’t want it to be a “saints=money, give us money.” Our response, faithful and wise, to our inheritance is about stewardship. Theology: hagiology and stewardship Jesus Count: low […]
Read MoreLink: Holy Ground 6 Sept 13 Summary of what I was saying and why: These are not happy readings. Lamentations, Timothy needing bucking up, disciples asking for more faith and being told they are slaves. And when I read through them two things stood out Timothy inherited his faith (as we have ours) and the […]
Read MoreLink: Angels and Coyote, Michelmas 2013 Summary of what I was saying and why: I wanted to work with the richness and variety of angels in the Bible. Tricksters are almost and not at all analogous, so I brought Coyote in a little. (Coyote stories can be found here among other places.) Theology: Angelology Jesus […]
Read MoreLink: Ambiguity if not Doubt, 22 Sept 2013 Summary of what I was saying and why: Any honest preacher should tell you that this is and exceptionally tough passage to understand and even tougher to preach. The more work I did to understand it, the less I did. So this is my attempt to approach […]
Read MoreLink: Darmok and Jalad at Tenagra, P19/OT23 2013 Summary of what I was saying and why: We know our stories–the stories of Jesus, the stories of our faith. The stories Paul is an example of. Others don’t understand our references to our stories. Our example is lost in translation. Theology: Evangelism Jesus Count: low Good […]
Read MoreLink: Community, Sept 8. 2013 Summary of what I was saying and why: I’ve spent years now wondering about the question I posed: what kind of community lets the tower go unfinished and laughs at the builder? Is that the community we are/want to be? Then I wanted to create a space for St Peter’s […]
Read MoreLink: Fire and Light, Alumni Camp P15 2013 Summary of what I was saying and why: Alumni Camp brings people back who were Camp 10 to 40 years ago. They tell old stories and catch up. Much like today’s campers they often mention how significant Camp was for their life and faith. How they felt […]
Read MoreLink: Crazy Thin Spaces, Senior Camp 2013 Summary of what I was saying and why: The end of Senior High is always emotional. Camp is often a huge part of these kids’ lives and how they learn to be themselves. The priest who had been there for the week hadn’t left any lessons or instructions/requests […]
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