Sermons & Newsletter Articles

Even If Our Voices Shake

Good Friday – Year C Isaiah 52:13-53:12 Psalm 22 Hebrews 10:16-25 John 18:1-19:42 May the words of my mouth O God…  speak your truth… Death is ever present…  it is unavoidable…  it is never to be sought out…  but sooner or later…  death comes for us…  I mean…  I’m a L’Chayim …  to life…  kind of guy…  life...

Becoming Real

Maundy Thursday – Year C Exodus 12:1-4, 11-14 Psalm 116:1, 10-17 1 Corinthians 11:23-26 John 13:1-17, 31b-35 May the words of my mouth O God…  speak your truth… Most parents treat their children like children…  the children may try to act like grown-ups in little bodies…  but they’re not…  and we teach them by example…  we set limits…...

Fragrance Poured Out

Year C Isaiah 43:16-21 Psalm 126 Philippians 3:4b-14 John 12:1-8 May the words of my mouth O God…  speak your truth… Today’s Gospel is a strange story indeed…  today’s narrative doesn’t unfold in a strictly linear way…  you’ve got to read it all the way through…  and then read it again…  to be able to say…  Oh…  so...

How Can We Not Rejoice?

Year C Joshua 5:9-12 Psalm 32 2 Corinthians 5:16-21 Luke 15:1-3, 11b-32 May the words of my mouth O God…  speak your truth… We’ve all heard this parable before…  at least I think so…  and depending on who’s preached on it…  some of this may not be news…  though as you’ll see…  it all remains Good News…  but...

Sowing, Reaping, and More

Year C Exodus 3:1-15 Psalm 63:1-8 1 Corinthians 10:1-13 Luke 13:1-9 May the words of my mouth O God…  speak your truth… The story of Moses and the Burning Bush…  fascinated me as a child…  it was one of the Bible stories we came back to again and again in Hebrew and Sunday School…  the idea that something...