Sermons

John 11. 32-44Life isn’t heartbeats and breaths. It’s Jesus! I have to admit, first time I read the passage, this go-round, I was a little disappointed. A little let down. Here we are. On All Saints Sunday – one of…
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smallCatechism, the Creed, Article 1Grace isn’t what god gives; grace is who god is! Well, it’s that time, again. For the world, today is Halloween. The reïncarnation of King Arthur’s Day-of-the-Dead. Costumes. Parties. Tricks and Treats. But for us, here…
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Mark 10. 46-52Jesus is Savior and King … of people without names! Today’s the forty-eighth Sunday of the church year. New Year’s Day, for us, was the Sunday after Thanksgiving, last year. So, only four left until we start it,…
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Reflecting on the JourneyIt’s only in the wilderness that god’s people “advances!” Week eighty-four in the wilderness! Week eighty-four! That’s one year, six months, twenty-nine days! And like I’ve said before, it all began as a joke. Not so much…
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Mark 10. 17-31There’s nothing we can do to be saved; god’s done it all! Almost forty years of preaching and I can’t remember a time when I started a sermon with a content warning, a disclaimer. But, this morning, I…
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Mark 10. 2-16The gospel doesn’t need sugar-coated; it’s sweet enough! It was a post of Facebook. Friday, a week ago. Intended as a conversation starter. “The church,” the photo said, “cannot be the salt of the earth if we keep…
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Mark 9. 38-50Communion with god is open forever! It was Friday night, a week ago. I was looking at my Facebook page and I came across a question – a theological one – a friend had posted. Not just for…
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reflecting on the journeyGod has given us everything we need … each other! Welcome to week eighty in the wilderness … Welcome to week eighty … It’s hard to believe we’ve been doing this, that long. It’s been seventy-nine weeks…
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“born, not of blood or of the will of the flesh or of the will of man, but of God …”We don’t choose to be loved. We just are! Last Tuesday was the thirty-eighth anniversary of my ordination. It happened…
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topical: the Wall of SeparationWe are citizens both of America and of the kingdom of god. Back at the beginning of summer, I preached the first of what I imagined would be three sermons on the separation of church and…
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