9/18/22
For the children of this age are more shrewd in dealing with
their own generation than are the children of light.” †
Sermon
9/4/22
Being a disciple is being a learner—one open to being taught. A disciple is open to being changed and formed much as clay is formed by a potter into something useful and beautiful.
7/24/22
“Remember that God loves us exactly the way we are. And God loves us too much to let us stay like this.” [Anne Lamott, Traveling Mercies, p. 135]
6/12/22
In the world around us, specifically lately, there is so much troubling news constantly coming our way, being thrown at us what feels like is 24/7. We don’t often have spaces to grieve or places to lament.
3/27/22
Paul wrote, “In Christ God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting the message of reconciliation to us. So we are ambassadors for Christ.” In the Name of the one, holy, and undivided Trinity. Amen.
This is my last sermon to you. While I am excited at the prospect of retirement, I will miss all of you very much. I love you all. You have become dear to me in ways and to a degree that I cannot express.
3/20/22
Moses was keeping the flock of his father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian; he led his flock beyond the wilderness, and came to Horeb, the mountain of God. In the Name of the one, holy, and undivided Trinity. Amen.
3/6/22
Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit in the wilderness, where for forty days he was tempted by the devil. In the Name of the one, holy, and undivided Trinity. Amen.
2/27/22
This is my Son, my Chosen; listen to him. In the Name of the one, holy, and undivided Trinity. Amen.
This story of the Transfiguration is a key turning point in the narrative of the first three Gospels. This story runs us through so many changes of emotion it feels like whiplash.