Sermons & Newsletter Articles

Darker Than Comfort

Year A Numbers 11:24-30 Psalm 104:25-35, 37 1 Corinthians 12:3b-13 John 7:37-39 May the words of my mouth… O God… speak your Truth… This past Monday… on Memorial Day… George Floyd… a black man… was apprehended on suspicion of passing a counterfeit $20.00 bill… to pay for cigarettes… when he was detained… by three...

Ascended into Heaven

Year A Acts 1:1-11 Psalm 93 Ephesians 1:15-23 Luke 24:44-53 This morning… I offer up a sermon that was prepared by Bp. Craig Satterlee… of the North/West Lower MI Synod… to commemorate The Feast of the Ascension… which occurred this past Thursday… Contemplating our Lord’s Ascension… has given me hope this year… and I’m...

Oneing with God

Year A Acts 17:22-31 Psalm 66:7-18 1 Peter 3:13-22 John 14:15-21 And the Father will give you another Advocate… to be with you forever… this is the Spirit of Truth… and because I live… you also will live… I will never leave you orphaned… The Rev. Dr. Sam Wells preached recently… about the ideas...

Perfect Imperfection

Year A Acts 7:55-60 Psalm 31:1-5, 15-16 1 Peter 2:2-10 John 14:1-14 In T.S. Elliot’s Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats… one of the dozen or so cats he describes… is The Rum Tum Tugger… who’s a terrible bore… he’s always on the wrong side of every door… and as soon as he’s home…...

Jesus: The Liminal Gate

Year A Acts 2:42-47 Psalm 23 1 Peter 2:19-25 John 10:1-10 In Ch. 9 of John’s Gospel… the one before today’s… Jesus has just healed the man born blind… and he heard that this man had been driven out of the synagogue… and when Jesus found him… and the man professed his trust in...