Sermons & Newsletter Articles

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...

Imbolc, Candlemass, and Groundhog Day

The start of February is filled with significance. For many pagans it marks the holiday of Imbolc, seen by some as the start of Spring (and by many others as the height of winter). Millions more celebrate it as Candlemass (or the Presentation of Jesus at the Temple). In the United States February 2...

More Than Grown-Up

Year C Jeremiah 1:4-10 Psalm 71:1-6 1 Corinthians 13:1-13 Luke 4:21-30 May the words of my mouth O God…  speak your truth… My mother-in-law…  lives with my sister-in-law…  and even though my sister-in-law is a grown woman…  with two college age children…  even though she retired from a career as an Air Traffic Controller…  even though she almost...