May 10, 2015 – Mother’s Day: May God’s words alone be spoken, may God’s words alone be heard. Amen. Today is not only the sixth Sunday of Easter, but as we all know, it is Mother’s Day, so I find it odd to use all the “Father” language we hear in the gospel lesson today.…
May 3, 2015: May God’s words alone be spoken, may God’s words alone be heard. Amen. In the Guinness Book of World Records there is listed the shortest sermon ever preached. It was given by John Albrecht, an Episcopal priest in Michigan (not a surprise it was an Episcopal priest – Baptist – Never!). Anyway,…
April 26, 2015: May God’s words alone be spoken, may God’s words alone be heard. Amen. Today we are celebrating Earth Day, which officially was this past Wednesday. Now, I know for many of us, just the mention of eco-anything, or “going green” can send us into hiding for fear somebody will find out we…
April 19, 2015: May God’s words alone be spoken, may God’s words alone be heard. Amen. Now, I can totally relate to the Jesus we hear about today in the Gospel of Luke. See, that would be me… went to hell and back, and all I can think about is – what’s for dinner? Jesus…
April 5, 2015 – Easter Sunday: May God’s words alone be spoken, may God’s words alone be heard. Amen. “So they went out and fled from the tomb, for terror and amazement had seized them; and they said nothing to anyone, for they were afraid.” Folks, that is no way to run a resurrection! The…
March 29, 2015 – Palm Sunday: May God’s words alone be spoken, may God’s words alone be heard. Amen. Good preachers will say, “Don’t try to preach everything that is going on in the texts for Palm or Passion Sunday – it is too much.” And, they are right. The reason so many clergy try…
March 22, 2015: May God’s words alone be spoken, may God’s words alone be heard. Amen. We have come full circle. This final Sunday of Lent, we have come full circle in the cycle of covenant with God, and so has God with us. We begin and end with Psalm 51, a Psalm about forgiveness,…
March 15, 2015: May God’s words alone be spoken, may God’s words alone be heard. Amen. [singing] “I don’t like spiders and snakes, and that ain’t what it takes to love me…like I want to be loved by you.” Oh…the 1970s – now that was quite a journey to the Red Sea of sorts. Well,…
March 8, 2015: May God’s words alone be spoken, may God’s words alone be heard. Amen. Well, here we are again, now in part 3 of this lectionary trilogy on covenant. Two weeks ago, it was God’s unconditional covenant with all creation. Last week, it was God’s covenant with the descendants of Abraham, Sarah, and…
March 1, 2015: May God’s words alone be spoken, may God’s words alone be heard. Amen. This week we have part two of the three part lectionary offering in Lent about God’s covenants with us. Last week it was God promising to all of creation never to do harm again following the great flood. Even…
