Vulnerable to Death, Good Friday 2022

April 15, 2022.Reading time 1 minute.

I love preaching today. It’s also possibly the hardest sermon to preach. Today the vulnerability of Jesus, of God, of the creator of the universe, is on display. The lessons for Good Friday are here. At our ecumenical service, the reading was Luke 22.54-23-56. I was blessed with local ecumenical colleagues to collaborate with on […]

Maundy Thursday 2022

April 14, 2022.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Feet, tensions in the Holy Land, questions of power, vulnerability. Listen to what I said: Here are the lessons for tonight: link.

Between life and death, Lent 2022

April 3, 2022.Reading time less than 1 minute.

As I say in the sermon, a mentor used to say that in every group someone is coming from a wedding and someone from a funeral. This meal Jesus has in Bethany with Lazarus, Mary, and Martha is exactly like that, so very human. I worked most closely with John 12.1-6.

Buy without money, Lent 2022

March 20, 2022.Reading time 1 minute.

This was a weird Sunday. For what I’m fairly certain is the second time in my life, the weather meant that driving to church was a bad idea–something that became clearer as the day went on. I’m blessed with lay people who are good about stepping up and helping out, but the sermon is a […]

To Protect?, Lent 2022

March 6, 2022.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Jesus, hungry, in the desert. Hearing this weeks episode from The First Reading Podcast really changed how I heard the exchanges between Jesus and the devil. Here’s what I said: I worked most closely with Luke 4.1-13.

Ash Wednesday 2022

March 2, 2022.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Here’s what I said: I worked most closely with Isaiah 58.1-12.

Mountaintops and Mess, February 2022

February 27, 2022.Reading time less than 1 minute.

I normally really enjoy where these readings fall. A last glorious moment before the hard questions of Lent. But as we watch various regions drop their health measures and as we watch the horrors of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine unfold, glory seems far away. Here’s what I said: I worked most closely with Luke 9.28-43a.

Preparing, February 2022

February 6, 2022.Reading time less than 1 minute.

This sermon is a combination of two years of pandemic, an annual meeting, and so much frustration. And Peter’s act of hope. I worked with Luke 5.1-11.

On the way, January 2022

January 30, 2022.Reading time less than 1 minute.

I love this passage. (I have a love for bits of Scripture that others don’t like.) I find great comfort in Jesus’s recognition that the miracles of God have rarely been widespread enough for everyone. It is my personal and priestly experience that miracles are not often enough and while I’d rather God did more […]