September 21, 2010
I know I’ve been quiet for a while; busy with church, prayer life, music and reading. And that may continue for a while. But I did finally get back to my clergy writing group. And here is what I did for our free write today:
“What I’m thinking about is preaching and jazz. (more…)
May 23, 2010
Well, I had to fight the balloons. But for the moment you can hear my Pentecost sermon (about how God litlerally had to set the apostles on fire to get them out of the room and into the world) in our audio files here (for May 23, 2010).
November 29, 2009
Here’s my sermon from this morning. I don’t normally post them. But it relates to how I’m doing Advent: (more…)
August 31, 2009
I had a chance to supply at All Saints Memorial Church in Sacramento Sunday, and they put my sermon up on their web page. I preached on sharing our faith. If you are interested, you can find the sermon here.
July 27, 2009
Our Deacon, Bob Olsen, gave a very nice sermon to commemorate the 8th aniversary of his ordination this past Sunday (and you can hear it here). I had forgotten he was preaching (I knew it, but I had forgotten to put it on my calendar). So I also prepared a sermon, addressing how God supplies our needs, as found in John’s account of the feeding of the 5,000, as we ourselves face difficult times. That sermon follows: (more…)
May 20, 2009
Here’s an interesting excerpt from an Easter sermon on inclusion given by “the sarcastic Lutheran.”
As many of you know, last week Seth and I attended the Rocky Mountain Synod assembly – the legislative body for this region of the Lutheran church. For more than 10 years my denomination has been talking about human sexuality. Much like the early church who were convinced that gentiles could only become Christians if they changed into being Jews first (which, for the record, involved a rather unpleasant process), (more…)
April 7, 2009
I also had a wedding Saturday — fortunately after the funeral (with a break between them). A young woman who grew up at St. George’s married her childhood sweetheart, when they got back together again a few years later. I had a brief homily for them, and if you are interested, it follows: (more…)
