Sermons & Newsletter Articles

Known & Loved

My Lord,My sins are likeThe highest mountain;My good deedsAre very few,They’re like a small pebble.I turn to You,My heart full of shame,My eyes full of tears.Bestow YourForgiveness and MercyUpon me.~ from Supplication by Sami Yusuf Lent assaults our mistaken sense of ourselves. It challenges the notion that we’re capable and self-sufficient; that we can...

The World’s Glory or God’s?

 Year C Exodus 34:29-35 Psalm 99 2 Corinthians 3:12-4:2 Luke 9:28-43a May the words of my mouth O God…  speak your truth… There are plenty of Transfiguration Sunday sermons…  which simply talk about how the presence of Moses and Elijah…  and then their disappearance…  means that Jesus incorporates…  the fullness of the Law and the Prophets…  into himself… ...

Made in Our Image

 Year C Genesis 45:3-11, 15 Psalm 37:1-12, 41-42 1 Corinthians 15:35-38,42-50 Luke 6:27-38 May the words of my mouth O God…  speak your truth… Author Annie Lamott…  said… You can safely assume…  that you’ve created God in your own image…  when it turns out…  that God hates all the same people…  that you do… And so what is...

Justice Measured in Light-Years

 Year C Jeremiah 17:5-10 Psalm 1 1 Corinthians 15:12-20 Luke 6:17-26 May the words of my mouth O God…  speak your truth… Jeremiah came from Anathoth… a village in the hill country of Benjamin… from a small tribe to the north of Judah… he was a descendent of Abiathar…  one of the two chief priests of King David…...

Deeper Than the Impasse

Year C Isaiah 6:1-8 Psalm 138 1 Corinthians 15:1-11 Luke 5:1-11 May the words of my mouth O God…  speak your truth… Albert Einstein was known…  aside from being a theoretical physicist…  for being a kind of theological philosopher…  and he occasionally offered up some clever…  memorable…  one liners…  he once said…  there are only two ways to...