Writings and Sermons
Morsels & Stories: I started our Lenten look at Communion by touching on what the catechism says about it. Sermon: “Be sober, be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls like a roaring lion.” Has been in my head all week. So I talked about that. The lessons can be found by clicking here. I worked mostly […]
Read MoreI invite you therefore, in the name of the Lord, to observe a holy Lent by self-examination, penitence, prayer, fasting, and almsgiving, and by reading and meditating on the word of God. Let us kneel before our Creator and Redeemer. (BAS, 282) The lessons can be found by clicking here. Listen: (This is my sermon […]
Read MoreToday we hear Jeremiah remind us of God’s promise, “I will be your God and you will be my people.” How do we become a people who reflect our God? The lessons can be found by clicking here. I worked most closely with Jeremiah 31:31-34. Listen:
Read MoreGod 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:
Read MoreGod 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:
Read MoreLink: Bound by Toilet Paper, Lent 5 2014 Summary of what I was saying and why: As so many others do, I love Ezekiel and the dry bones. And I can’t read it without hearing a story of (re)creation. And then with Lazarus the question of how bound we are appeared. Theology: Salvation Jesus Count: […]
Read MoreCreation, 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.
Read MoreAfter the mad dash of the last six months, I’m taking a few days off to sleep, unpack and enjoy my new home. As is my custom, here are some of the sermons is particularly enjoyed for Lent 2. Priest Downs, Revealed Honesty and the Christian “Repeating back the liturgy with our noses in a […]
Read MoreLink: Pledges and Priorities, Lent 1 2014 Summary of what I was saying and why: Having not been on the ball with scheduling the Sunday for St Peter’s Scout Troop to join us and make their Scout Pledges, Lent 1 became Scout Sunday. Which became a significant part of sermon preparation. I wanted to acknowledge […]
Read More“Remember you are dust and to dust you shall return.” Listen: The lessons can be found by clicking here.
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