Text: Mark 9:1-9   Tonight is Oscar night. Will it be The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Frost/Nixon, Milk, The Reader, or Slumdog Millionaire that walks home with the coveted Best Picture award? I’m curious to find out. I’ve seen Phillip Seymour Hoffman in Doubt and, of course, Heath Ledger in Batman: The Dark Knight … Continue reading Sermon: Sunday, February 22, 2009: Transfiguration Sunday →

Texts: Isaiah 40:21-31  ;  Psalm 147:1-11,20  ;  1 Corinthians 9:16-23  ;  Mark 1:29-39   God of life, open our hearts and our minds so that we would not only believe that you have come to heal us, but understand that you have come to make us healers. Amen. If you are a fan of English … Continue reading Sermon: Sunday, February 8, 2009: 5th Sunday after Epiphany →

Texts: Deut. 18:15-20  ;  Ps. 111  ;  1 Cor. 8:1-13  ;  Mark 1:21-28   A book came out just over ten years ago now by Andrew Sullivan, former editor at The New Republic, entitled Love Undetectable: Notes on Friendship, Sex and Survival. The book was a set of three essays, and the one that has … Continue reading Sermon: Sunday, February 1, 2009: 4th Sunday after Epiphany →