Gracious Lord let these words be more than words, and give us the spirit of Jesus.I find days like today a bit jarring. This is the Sunday after the Epiphany. Last week we were adoring the baby Jesus with the wise men. This week we find him all grown up, getting baptized by John. TimeContinueContinue reading “You are my Beloved Children, a goodbye to St. John’s Church.”
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I know my Redeemer Lives
A Baptist, a Roman Catholic, and an Episcopalian meet up in hell. After awhile they start comparing notes. The Catholic and the Episcopalian work up the courage and ask the Baptist: “How did you end up here?” The Baptist responds, “I drank on a Sunday.” Likewise the other two ask the Catholic, “How did youContinueContinue reading “I know my Redeemer Lives”
A Sermon on Privacy
Today’s lessons give us two very different images of men who are secluded. Elijah the Tishbite, on the run from Ahab and Jezebel, hides in a cave on Mt. Horeb. A man from Geras inhabits the tombs outside the village because his seizures make him unfit to live with the other Gerasenes. Both men haveContinueContinue reading “A Sermon on Privacy”
Imagine Abraham, your children will be like the stars. A Sermon for Lent 2
The preacher William Sloane Coffin used to tell a story about Abraham. The story isn’t in the Bible, but “that’s okay” Sloane Coffin would say, “because I know it.” The story took place in Haran, where Abraham and his family have made a life for themselves, just after Abraham hears the call from God toContinueContinue reading “Imagine Abraham, your children will be like the stars. A Sermon for Lent 2”
Mike Angell 