Kickstartering the Kingdom, Advent 3 2013
The 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:
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SR Jades and the Tree of Jesse, Advent 2 2013
Link: 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 MoreJades and the Tree of Jesse, Advent 2 Dec 8, 2013
The lessons can be found by clicking here. I worked with all of them. Waiting and more waiting. Listen here:
Read MoreSR Map to Halfway, Advent 1 2013
Link: 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 […]
Read MoreMap to Halfway, Advent 1 sermon Dec 2013
The lessons can be found by clicking here. I worked most closely with Isaiah 2:1-5. Isaiah holds up a vision of where we should be headed. It’s the getting there that’s hard. Listen:
Read MoreI Choose to Stay
A recent post by Tony Jones on Theoblogy called for a schism over the question of women’s ordination.** This has kicked off some response. I, as a woman ordained in a liberal branch of Christ’s Church, don’t agree. You might think that I’d appreciate the solidarity for women’s ordination. After all I get quizzical looks and questions […]
Read MoreJesus and The Doctor, Christ the King sermon 2013
The lessons can be found by clicking here. I worked with all three readings. Time collapses, history all happens at once. It’s either Dr Who or Jesus. Listen here:
Read MoreSR Things that Last 17Nov2013
Link: Things that Last, 17 November 2013 Summary of what I was saying and why: Everything is temporal. One of my mentors told me that. It all decays, deteriorates, gets torn down. Even the things that matter to us. That matter to the people we leave them too. Except water, wine, bread. Jesus’s followers have […]
Read MoreThings that Last, a sermon for 17 Nov 2013
The lessons can be found by clicking here. I worked with Luke 21:5-19. Jesus announces the end of everything. All of the lasting things we build. Listen:
Read MoreSR P27/OT32 not preaching on Haggai
Summary of my planned sermon *explanation* I have chronic migraines. Horrible, daily medication chronic migraines. Once, maybe twice a year, a migraine rises to the standing-is-a-BAD-idea lever. That it happened on a Sunday was insult to injury. Thank you to the people of St Peter’s who rose to the occasion.) I was going to preach […]
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