Sermons
Sermons preached in a context, but written for people of all sorts and conditions.
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New Love For a Change
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9 min read
The mistake we make is to think that GOD never changes. But GOD is always looking for a new thing, new creations, new love. And more to the fact, we are perpetually confronted with the same challenge: to produce the new thing, the new creation, the new love.
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Clearly Jesus
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8 min read
From day one, we have struggled to name Jesus. Name the Messiah. Name what he came to do. Name his substance. Name his mission. How “the real Jesus” is never really JesusEaster 4C | John 10:22-30 For three straight weeks, we have had good resurrection gospel stories. We’ve been praising the risen Christ. We’ve said…
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Swimming Naked
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9 min read
This story is still Peter’s story. For it isn’t just that he gets dressed so that Jesus doesn’t see him naked in the boat. But when he covers himself, what does he do? He dives in. Why? We don’t know. But here’s a thought. He needed to get to Jesus. Peter is always trying to…
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The Scars of Jesus
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9 min read
Jesus comes in peace, not cured, not perfect, not totally destroyed, not undead, zombied, but alive, with the scars to show the kind of death he suffered. He arrives to the disciples, who are scared, confused, alone, and he brings them peace. Thomas and the Challenge of Fear Easter 2C | John 20:19-31 There are…
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The Story of Easter
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8 min read
This is a big story. A story dealing with life and death and even the very idea of life itself. A story of escape and narrow victory. A story of perseverance and redemption. And in the end, we find new hope and new life. A story of a man who wasn’t just a man dying…
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Do This and Live
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6 min read
After working our way through the great symbols of Holy Week: the palms and the Triumphal Entry on Sunday; the shutting down of the Temple on Monday and Teaching there Tuesday; the anointing of Jesus and the betrayal plans of Judas on Wednesday; the Last Supper and the washing of feet on Thursday; the Cross…