Sermons
Sermons preached in a context, but written for people of all sorts and conditions.
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Nobodies
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8 min read
In calling his first disciples to fish for people, Jesus knows they can’t do that from where they are. But he has already chosen them for who they are. Jesus calls these particular nobodies to give up everythingEpiphany 3B | Mark 1:14-20 Most stories have great opening lines. “If you are interested in stories with…
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Baptized in Love
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8 min read
The Baptism of Jesus is often treated like the necessary means of getting Jesus into the right space with the cosmos: that if he doesn’t get dunked, he’s stuck. Or else we treat it like the perfunctory reason behind our religious rite. But baptism is way more than that. It’s the start of something awesome.…
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In the Light
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8 min read
In the Epiphany, the church concludes the Christmas season in the same spirit with which it began: that a light comes into the world in the midst of darkness to be for us a permanent reminder of God’s presence and love. Reinforcing the Christmas Light is in us The Epiphany | Matthew 2:1-12 We close…
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Love Grows Love
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7 min read
The prologue to John (John 1:1-18) is the Christmas gospel. It reveals how shallow our view of Christmas is. That deep down, we must realize our love is more than practical and theological ideas about God and the nature of Jesus. It’s in every aspect of creation and our very humanity. The Incarnation of Jesus…
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Why Stephen?
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7 min read
In our crass consumer culture we get the Feast of St. Stephen which reminds us giving comes with sacrifice and love comes with challenge. [Audio to come soon] The question we’ve all asked at some point, even if that point was a short time ago when you walked in here is this: why do we…
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High-Tops
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5 min read
When someone speaks of their desire to put the Christ back into Christmas, I like to ask which part of Christ is missing: the revolutionary or sacrificial? The Christmas Story is told in the stories of giving shoes and coins Christmas III | John 1:1-14 Several years ago, when my daughter was very young she…