Writings and Sermons
Link: Gospel Alchemy, Christmas 2, 2014 Summary of what I was saying and why: I love John’s prologue. My parish has a gifted artist who has been creating an Advent piece from this imagery. (I’ll add a picture tomorrow) So I spent a lot of Advent thinking about the radical truth expressed in this passage. […]
Read MoreWord does not become flesh. Listen: The lessons are Jeremiah 31:7–14; Psalm 147:13–21; Ephesians 1:3–14; John 1:(1–9), 10–18. I worked most closely with John 1:1-18.
Read MoreJesus flees, children die. Listen: The lessons were Is 63:7–9; Ps 148; Heb 2:10–18; Mt 2:13–23. I worked most closely with Matthew 2:13-23.
Read MoreHappy Christmas! The lessons can be found by clicking here. Listen:
Read MoreThe lessons can be found by clicking here. I worked most closely with Luke 2:1-20. Jesus’s lullaby and all of our differences. Listen
Read MoreLink: Kickstartering the Kingdom Summary of what I was saying and why: I had started somewhere else with work that going to become not this sermon. It didn’t fit the lessons. In the wake of that massive edit I had one note about how these things Jesus and Isaiah mention were stretch goals. And then […]
Read MoreThe lessons can be found by clicking here. I worked most closely with Isaiah 35:1-10. Goals, stretch goals, and the promises of the Kingdom. Listen:
Read MoreLink: Jades and the Tree of Jesse, Advent 2 2013 Summary of what I was saying and why: I actually started with the word steadfast in the Epistle. That got me to the concept of being steadfast with one another and the Jade plant story. But steadfast is not a common story. So I wound […]
Read MoreThe lessons can be found by clicking here. I worked with all of them. Waiting and more waiting. Listen here:
Read MoreLink: Map to Halfway, Advent 1 2013 Summary of what I was saying and why: I love Isaiah and the imagery of God’s Holy Hill is one that seems to be popular. Except we don’t actually live there. It’s not close. Theology: Atonement Jesus Count: medium Good News: Jesus meets us halfway What did I […]
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