Will be my God, October 2021
I have loved the book of Ruth since I discovered it in my children’s bible when I was little. I was delighted to find another new depth in it this year. I worked with Ruth 1.1-18.
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Water from a Rock, Lent 3 2020
St Paul’s, as part of The Diocese of Edmonton, canceled public worship until the end of the month. In the decade or so of recording and posting my sermons, I’ve learned that even just hearing the sermon can be an important point of contact for people who can’t, for a variety of reasons, come to […]
Read MoreNathan’s kind of Faith, July 2018
Morsels & Stories: We read through some of the Questions and Answers from Good Goats. Sermon: Today David gets told not to build a temple for God. But I think this is actually a story about Nathan. The lessons can be found by clicking here (link). I worked most closely with 2 Samuel 7:1-14a. Listen:
Read MorePalm Sunday 2018
Morsels & Stories: I talked about what I say during the welcome announcements and why. Sermon: Peter denies Jesus three times before the rooster crows twice. What can we learn from Peter’s history of getting it wrong? The lessons can be found by clicking here. (link) I worked most closely with Mark 14.1-15.47. Listen:
Read MoreAbraham’s Laughter, Lent 2 2018
Morsels & Stories: I read “The Spy on Noah’s Ark” from The Spy on Noah’s Ark: Bible Stories From the Inside Out Sermon: Why do you laugh? Why did Noah? The lessons for today can be found by clicking here. I worked most closely with Genesis 17:1–7 15–16. Listen:
Read MoreFamily, Christmas 1 2014
Simeon and Anna meet Jesus in the temple. It’s a family meeting of sorts. The lessons can be found by clicking here. I worked most closely with Luke 2:22-40. (I was using a back up recording system so the audio is not great. My apologies.) Listen:
Read MoreSR: Ambiguity if not Doubt, P20/OT25 22Sept13
Link: Ambiguity if not Doubt, 22 Sept 2013 Summary of what I was saying and why: Any honest preacher should tell you that this is and exceptionally tough passage to understand and even tougher to preach. The more work I did to understand it, the less I did. So this is my attempt to approach […]
Read MorePraying My Future
I started seminary the fall after I graduated college. I moved across the country and, as it happened, away from a Church situation that was…unhealthy…for me. It had been difficult for more than a year before I left. I felt I had little community at my Church; I was not being fed spiritually. I even […]
Read MoreSR: Shaky Foundations, Proper 8 YrC 6-30-13
I’m not reviewing last week’s sermons because they are part of a larger whole. I preached half of the week, Mike preached half. I don’t believe that our preaching can be unentangled but only half of it is mine to comment on. Unfinished Thoughts: “Stand Firm” “Almighty God, you have built your Church upon the […]
Read MoreSR: Faith, Doubt, and Community
Link:Faith, Doubt, and Community Summary of what I was saying and why: This is always a fun text for me. The perennial question of how unquestioning faith is or should be is one worth revisiting. This year Steve Pankey wrote about what the Greek actually says and I started thinking. There are plenty of people, […]
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