March 27, 2011
This is the sermon I didn’t give this morning in Fort Bragg:
This morning, we hear the story of Jesus’ encounter with the Samaritan woman at Jacob’s well. Like many stories of Jesus’ life, this is a story about expanding the boundaries of who counts with God. (more…)
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).
January 21, 2010
One of the blogs I follow is The Sarcastic Lutheran. And she recently posted a sermon on Haiti and where God is in this picture in which she said:
This week’s events bring with them a lot of questions about God, and none of them have to do with parties. One atheist blog I read this week sneeringly used the earthquake to make a case against believing in God at all. The writer implying that he could not believe in a God who would inflict such suffering on so many people, which made me admit that according to that definition I must be an atheist too because I don’t believe in that God either.
She goes on to talk about the marriage feast as Cana and what kind of God Jesus shows himself to be. If you are interested, you can find Nadia’s sermon here.
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…)
June 22, 2009
Well, today is a rest day. Likely the most restful day I’ll have this trip. Got up around 8 AM. Read the paper (San Francisco Chronicle on my Kindle), showered, had breakfast and some coffee. Listened to Jocelyn’s sermon from Yesterday at St. George’s. It’s odd hearing the sermon at your church while you’re away. Liked it (likely more than the one I heard). She preached on Jesus calming the storm (using a story about taking some San Diego teens to help clean up after Katrina two years after the storm. (If you want to hear it, her sermon of 7/21 is here.) (more…)
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