Writings and Sermons
The lessons can be found by clicking here. I worked most closely with Luke 14:1,7-14. Jesus is at a Pharisee’s house for dinner and comments on who tries to sit where. How do we signify importance and how should we? Listen:
Read MoreLink: Fire and Light, Alumni Camp P15 2013 Summary of what I was saying and why: Alumni Camp brings people back who were Camp 10 to 40 years ago. They tell old stories and catch up. Much like today’s campers they often mention how significant Camp was for their life and faith. How they felt […]
Read MoreLink: 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 […]
Read MoreI 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 […]
Read MoreUnfinished Thoughts: Some combination of these ideas: Plumb lines, surveying and the challenge of being human( ie getting things wrong) A bit of Paul (Rope climbing bit/-use the rope, stay close to the wall, belay partner) Don’t forget the stories (people)–this is where I would have tied in the Gospel and, given the week, brought […]
Read MoreLink: 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 […]
Read MoreI’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 MoreOur 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 […]
Read MoreThe 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 […]
Read MoreLink: The Church, Sacraments, and Unity, Easter 7, 2013 Summary of what I was saying and why: Jesus’s prayer for the unity of the Church is great. And hard to preach. Because it is so patently not what is. Also, while I can encourage many of the other things Jesus says and Christians can, mostly, […]
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