Dem Bones Still Speak
(Dem bones, dem bones, dem dry bones. I hear the word of the Lord) Look! Imagine! We find ourselves in the strange vision world of a 6th century BCE prophet. […]
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New Hope: Greedy Boys and Happy Trees
Luke 19:1-10 The Story of Zacchaeus I want to tell you the story of another boy who climbed a tree: The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein. (Read story) The message […]
Matthew 2:13-23 – a sermon for Christmas 1A
When we talk about the first Christian family, we often talk only about the baby Jesus and his mother, Mary. This may be because the Gospels tell us very little […]
The Holy Spirit Resides in My Mattress
The Holy Spirit resides in my mattress … I’m pretty sure. The first time I noticed this was when I was in college, though I didn’t call it the Holy […]
Do You Want to Be Made Well?
A sermon on John 5:1-9 “Do you want to be made well?” What an Ash Wednesday question. On a day where we traditionally hear about our own sinfulness and are […]
Six Degrees: A Homily and Prayer Litany for World AIDS Day
Six degrees of separation. Some of you may be familiar with this phrase from a movie with that title. Some of you may have played the “Six degrees of separation” […]
Miles to Go
A sermon on Lamentations 1:1-12 and John 11:17-37: Though it is in our lectionary, our Lamentations text – this prayer of pain and petition – is not something we hear […]
