Texts: 2 Kings 4:42-44  •  Psalm 145:10-18  •  Ephesians 3:14-21  •  John 6:1-21   It’s been eight weeks since we celebrated Pentecost and came out of the festival season of Easter and into the twenty-five week stretch that we call the time after Pentecost, or ordinary time. For the last seven weeks we’ve been reading … Continue reading Sermon: Sunday, July 26, 2009: Eighth Sunday after Pentecost →

Texts: Jeremiah 23:1-6  •  Psalm 23  •  Ephesians 2:11-22  •  Mark 6:30-34, 53-56   To begin I’m going to ask you to take a deep breath and hold it for just a second and then release it. Let’s do this together – take a deep breath in… hold… and release it. Let’s do it again: … Continue reading Sermon: Sunday, July 19, 2009: 7th Sunday after Pentecost →

Texts: Ezekiel 2:1-5  •  Psalm 123  •  2 Corinthians 12:2-10  •  Mark 6:1-13   Grace and peace to you, my sisters and brothers, in the name of Jesus. Amen. So, the first thing I have say right off the bat is that the texts we’ve heard this morning are the same set of texts that … Continue reading Sermon: Sunday, July 5, 2009: 5th Sunday after Pentecost →