Did you read Robinson Crusoe as a child? Robinson Crusoe is not as popular as it once was in literature courses. Yet the main character continues as an archetype in our culture. Robinson Crusoe famously finds himself alone on what he names, “The Island of Despair.” Marooned. Forsaken. Alone. That sense of forsakeness pervades theContinueContinue reading “Good Friday Sermon: Why do we forsake Christ? Why do we forsake one another?”
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Gritty faith
I feel like I need to start this sermon with a bit of an apology. Here we are. It’s summer, August in Washington. Feels like half the city is on vacation, and yet you are here. You came to church. And then we had these readings. Isaiah is trampling vineyards. The book of Hebrews isContinueContinue reading “Gritty faith”
Jesus, Marriage, and Divorce
Three years ago, when I was a seminarian, I remember listening to Luis preach a sermon about these lessons. I don’t remember the whole sermon, but I do remember Luis beginning by summoning all of that theological heft we’ve been missing during his sabbatical, all of that gravitas Luis has when he preaches. So threeContinueContinue reading “Jesus, Marriage, and Divorce”
David, Salome, and Dancing with God
At the heart of today’s readings are two dances, two VERY different stories about dance. We have David dancing before the Ark of the Covenant, and we have Salome (who Mark mistakenly calls Herodias, which is her mother’s name. We know her name was Salome from Josephus, a Jewish historian of the time.) Salome dancesContinueContinue reading “David, Salome, and Dancing with God”
Mike Angell 