Faithful and Failure

God gives the Ten Commandments, not as edicts from on high, but as the next step in a very unequal relationship.   The lessons can be found by clicking here.  I worked most closely with Exodus 12:1-17.   Listen:

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A Covenant of Laughter, Lent 2 2014

God makes a (third!) Covenant with Abraham.  And Abraham and Sarah laugh, as they should.   The lessons for today can be found by clicking here.  I worked most closely with Genesis 17:1-7,15-16.   Listen:

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Promises, Lent 1 2015

After the flood, after Noah builds his ark, after the dry ground reappears, God makes a promise, a covenant, the first of many that we’ll hear this Lent.   The lessons can be found by clicking here.  I worked most closely with Genesis 9:8-17. Listen:

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God’s Dust, Ash Wednesday 2015

“Remember you are dust, and to dust you will return.” Ash Wednesday is a bit morbid, and a reminder that God has always know we are dust, from the very beginning.   The lessons can be found by clicking here. Listen:

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God of Eagles, Epiphany 5 2015

Mount up with eagles wings…great motivational poster with a deep and enduring theology behind it.   The lessons can be found by clicking here.  I worked most closely with Isaiah 40:21-31.   Listen:

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Made by God, Epiphany 4 2015

Paul writes about eating idol meat, and how idols are empty because they were made by human hands.  Humans, of course, were made by God.   The lessons can be found by clicking here.  I worked most closely with 1 Corinthians 8:1-13. Listen:  

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Jonah, Sulking Prophet, 3rd Sunday after Epiphany

We heard Jonah’s story on Sunday.  Part of Jonah’s story and not the most fun parts of his story.   The lessons can be found by clicking here.  I worked most closely with Jonah’s story. Listen:

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Come and what? Epiphany 2 2015

Jesus invites us to follow, to come and see, it’s everything after that which gets tangled up.   The lessons can be found by clicking here.   Listen:

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God who is….., Christmas 2

It’s been a rough week for Edmonton.  We had the largest mass murder in our history.  Who is God, who do we need God to be in the midst of this?   The lessons can be found by clicking here.  I worked with John 1:1-18 and the news story I link to above.   Listen:

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