Blessed (Really)
Jacob is the hustler who probably doesn’t need to hustle. I worked most closely with Genesis 32.22-31.
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Parables of the Ludicrous
Today’s Gospel is the collection of all of the short parables from Matthew 13. I have never enjoyed preaching on these parables as much as this year. Because, after ten years of ordained life, I finally feel like I began to understand some of what Jesus is teaching in here. I worked most closely with […]
Read MoreNephesh
St Paul can be a difficult theologian for me. His writings about women and leadership aside, I’ve often struggled when Paul veers into interpretations that have been harmfully used and contrary to historic understandings of Scripture. After this week, I think I need to trust Paul’s theological thinking more. I worked with Matthew 13.24-30 36-43, […]
Read MoreFaithfully Enough
Even though this is the parable that Jesus explains, I love all the ways it remains open to interpretation. This year, especially with the lack of appropriate treatments and healthcare and social contact, the freedom the sower has to use so much seed was especially intriguing. Here’s what I said: I worked most closely with […]
Read MoreGod is Bigger, June 2020
This texts invite us to ponder the magnificant transcendance of God–which is an “I went to seminary” sort of way of saying that God is better and bigger and so different than we are. What does that mean for us? What kind of faith journey does that result in for us? Here’s the sermon that […]
Read MoreRidiculous, June 2020
Every time I preach on this text, I can’t help but mention that Abraham laughed to. The laughter wasn’t about Sarah, it was about the promise God is continuing to make to them. I have laughed that sort of “stop kidding me” laughter at what God promises. I suspect that there is a lot of […]
Read MoreTrinity Sunday 2020
Paul closes the second letter to the Corinthians with this prayer and blessing. It’s familiar and beloved by so many of us–and it should be. Perhaps it can help us love each other better too. I worked most closely with 2 Cor 13.11-13.
Read MoreThat we all may be one, Easter 2020
Jesus prays that his followers may be one as he and the Father are one. Which I’ve always heard with a mournful tone as the Church is so often not one. Right now, as Churches are open so differently and we are learning new answers to the question of how we are a community, this […]
Read MoreGood Friday 2020
Good Friday is hard to preach this year. I generally agree with Nadia Bolz-Weber that we shouldn’t preach from our rawest places, but this is where I–and I suspect most of us–am. The world seems pretty terrible and scary right now. But I also found preaching incredibly important for today because this is where we […]
Read MoreGod Chooses Us, Palm Sunday 2020
With the kids we talked about Palms and how people welcomed Jesus into Jerusalem and some of the ways we can welcome Jesus. Then in the sermon, as a part 2, I preached on God’s preferential option and God chooses us, in all the complexity and potential sorrow of humanity. Most of my parish has […]
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