Take out your bulletins, and if you have a pen or a pencil, there may be some in your pews, I want you to find a particular word in the reading from Paul’s letter to the Philippians. It is about halfway through our reading, just after the page turn. The word you are looking forContinueContinue reading “Grasping and Kenosis Sermon from August 25”
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Surely God is in the place, and I didn’t realize. Sermon from July 17, 2011
Then Jacob woke from his sleep and said, “Surely the LORD is in this place—and I did not know it!” Jacob’s story today is a claim of sacred geography. “Surely God is in this place.” The claim is surprising. God is in the “place,” the “holy place,” of people of Haran, not followers of theContinueContinue reading “Surely God is in the place, and I didn’t realize. Sermon from July 17, 2011”
Bin Laden and Good News- Senior Sermon at VTS for the Feast of St. Mark
I don’t know about you, but for me, the announcement of Good News today is a bit jarring. Hearing, “The beginning of the good news of Jesus ChristWhen yesterday we were with Doubting Thomas, and for the past week we have been inhabiting the other end of the Gospel narrative, the resurrection stories. The breakContinueContinue reading “Bin Laden and Good News- Senior Sermon at VTS for the Feast of St. Mark”
Doubting Thomas and the Importance of Imperfection- Sermon from Easter 2
As a newly ordained person, I have to say, I find the story of doubting Thomas comforting. The stories of Jesus’ resurrection appearances often involve confusion. The disciples just don’t get what has happened. Peter keeps needing reminding that this guy is the resurrected Lord. Mary Magdalene confuses Jesus for the gardener. In Mark’s Gospel,ContinueContinue reading “Doubting Thomas and the Importance of Imperfection- Sermon from Easter 2”
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