Mountaintops and Mess, February 2022

February 27, 2022.Reading time less than 1 minute.

I normally really enjoy where these readings fall. A last glorious moment before the hard questions of Lent. But as we watch various regions drop their health measures and as we watch the horrors of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine unfold, glory seems far away. Here’s what I said: I worked most closely with Luke 9.28-43a.

Stories on the Way Home

March 3, 2019.Reading time 1 minute.

Morsels & Stories: I propose a lenten discipline of reading theology, along with some book suggestions that don’t require a theology degree to read, understand, or learn from. Sermon: Jesus goes up a mountain to pray. What a story Peter, James, and John didn’t tell. The lessons for today can be found here [link]. I […]

To Transfigure the World, February 2018

February 11, 2018.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Morsels & Stories: We talked a bit about Lenten practices. This was pretty interactive and I did my best to help the mic get everything. Thank you for your patience. Sermon: Peter gets it wrong many many times. This time I think we need to give him some slack… The lessons can be […]

Transfiguration, August 2017

August 6, 2017.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Morsels & Stories: I talked about the Calendar of the Church Year and why we celebrated the Transfiguration today. Sermon: I talked about the Transfiguration, the atomic bomb that fell on Hiroshima on this day, and how we are called to transform the world around us. The lessons for today can be found […]

Messy Transfiguration, February 2016

February 7, 2016.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Morsels & Stories: I read from “Does God Have a Big Toe?” Sermons: Jesus takes Peter, James, and John up the mountain for the Transfiguration. Nothing was by accident. The lessons can be found by clicking here. I worked mostly closely with Luke 9:28–36, (37–43). Listen:

SR: The Flawed Inner Circle

February 13, 2013.Reading time 2 minutes.

Link: The Flawed Inner Circle Summary of what I was saying and why: Last week I had to announce that my parish is closing. As I was trying to write that letter I knew that part two, sort of unofficially, would be this sermon. I knew how the letter would end. I knew that part […]

The flawed inner circle: a sermon for the last Sunday after Epiphany 2-10-13

February 10, 2013.Reading time less than 1 minute.

The lessons for Sunday can be found byclicking here. I worked most closely with Luke 9:28-36. Jesus brings Peter, James, and John up the mountain where Moses and Elijah appear as Jesus is transfigured. This is an inner circle of amazing flawed people. Which might be why Jesus picked them. (There will be a few […]