Bound by Toilet Paper, Lent 5 2014

Creation, Ezekiel, Lazarus.  How are we bound? Listen:   The lessons can be found by clicking here.  I worked most closely with Ezekiel 37:1-14 and John 11:1-45.  The creation account used is from Genesis 2.  

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SR Crazy Thin Spaces and P12 7-28-13

Link: 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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Crazy Thin Spaces, Senior High 2013

I had the opportunity to preach at the closing Eucharist of Senior High Camp. The lessons were 2 Samuel 6:1-23 (David dancing) and Luke 4:14-30 (Jesus reading Isaiah in the synagogue). The first lesson read turned out to be from 2 Samuel 2–slight miss-communication there. I invited the campers to carry out with them a […]

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What Camp taught me about Rules, the Great Commandment, and Priorities

There are few universal rules, especially at Camp. A person is running. Running can lead to falling—especially in a world of unpaved paths, gravel, roots, large rocks, and done in an often ungainly body. So we don’t run. Except when we do (some games and activities, and in the case of emergencies). So we can’t […]

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SR: Family Camp and Proper 9, 2013

Link: Souvenirs Summary of what I was saying and why: We read Jacob’s ladder (Genesis 28:10-22) and the Tranfiguration (Mark 9:2-8). Saturday is the last day of Camp, our theme is Be Imitators of God. I often hear how Camp is the place people best experience God (good) or how Camp is really their only […]

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JM1 Friday: Joyful

Our theme for the summer is “Be Imitators of God.”  Our theme for Friday is Joyful.  We read about Wisdom delighting in Creation (Proverbs 8) and Jesus’ parable of the wedding feast (Matthew 22). My sermons at Camp are always highly interactive. I do my best to make sure that the gist of the conversation […]

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JM1 Wednesday: Merciful

The theme for the summer is “Be Imitators of God.” Our concept for Monday was God’s Mercy. For Chapel we read about Noah and the rainbow (Genesis 8) and Jesus not stoning the adulteress woman (John 8). My sermons at Camp are always highly interactive. I do my best to make sure that the gist […]

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JM1 Monday: Mighty

The theme for the summer is “Be Imitators of God.” Our concept for Monday was God’s Mightiness. For Chapel we read about Gideon’s army (Judges 7) and Jesus sending out the Disciples (Matthew 10). My sermons at Camp are always highly interactive.  I do my best to make sure that the gist of the conversation […]

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