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No Limits
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6 min read
a Sermon for Proper 19A Text: Matthew 18:21-35 Where we’ve been Ten years ago today, about this time, 4 hijacked airplanes were used as projectile missiles to cause dramatic and traumatic devastation. Three of them reached their targets and one was sent into the countryside. Many, including those aiding the victims of violence, died. Nearly…
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We actually like change
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5 min read
It is funny when you are in an organization that hears the word “change” and breaks out into metaphorical hives, because the response is predictable. We hear the same chorus: “Why change anything, we’re doing fine.” “We’re not the church of what’s happenin’ now.”* “There’s so much change in the world, I want church to…
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Learning to change from the prodigal sons
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4 min read
In the parable of the lost son(s), Jesus tells of a son that must go out and experience the world, forsaking his father and wasting his inheritance. After the young man hits rock bottom, he comes back home humiliated and hoping to work in the stable as one of his father’s workers. But to our…
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Emphasis on the labor: 6 thoughts about Labor Day
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3 min read
What do we think of when we hear the word labor? And what might those things have to do with Labor Day? As we all kick back, eating hamburgers and drinking beer in that holiday vibe that says “one last hoorah” for summer, let’s keep a few things in mind. Labor as work. We…
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The 9/11 Memorial isn’t our gig
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3 min read
Have you ever been to a concert in which the band invites someone up on the stage to play with them? It is a pretty exciting experience; musicians jamming together in a new way, making pretty spectacular music. Then the guy gets off of the stage and they go back to playing. He leaves, even though the…
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It’s not the Spiritual, it’s the Religious
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2 min read
By now you’ve probably seen this short, snarky essay by Lillian Daniel, “Spiritual but Not Religious?” or you at least know what she’s talking about. If you haven’t read it, click on over. It is a pretty good read. I sympathize with her sentiment, particularly the idea that being individually spiritual without the requirement of…
Make a New Normal
