Abraham’s Laughter, Lent 2 2018

February 25, 2018.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Morsels & Stories: I read “The Spy on Noah’s Ark” from The Spy on Noah’s Ark: Bible Stories From the Inside Out Sermon: Why do you laugh? Why did Noah? The lessons for today can be found by clicking here. I worked most closely with Genesis 17:1–7 15–16. Listen:

I wonder…Abraham and Isaac, July 2017

July 2, 2017.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Morsels & Stories: Offertory plates. I talked about ours and what they do. Sermon: I guided us through the Abraham and Isaac story with some pauses to wonder. (This sermon involves some pauses.) The lessons can be found by clicking here. I worked most closely with Gen 22:1-14. Listen:

Blessed, Lent 2 2017

March 12, 2017.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Morsels & Stories: I talked about pnuema and ruach and the wordplay Jesus and Nicodemus engaged in. Sermon: Abram is blessed to be a blessing. What he, and we, get wrong and the enduring good news of God’s blessing. The lessons for today can be found by clicking here. I worked most closely […]

A Covenant of Laughter, Lent 2 2014

March 1, 2015.Reading time less than 1 minute.

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: