Text: John 6: 25-34   Twenty years ago a film came out that became one of those instant classics that shaped the imagination and vocabulary of a generation, it was called “The Princess Bride.” Based on the novel by the same name, the film was a fairy tale – one part action to one part … Continue reading Homily: Thanksgiving Day, 2007 →

Text: Luke 20: 27-38   I left work on Thursday night and drove three hours west to Rock Island, Illinois for an all-day continuing education workshop on marriage and pre-marital counseling. I was a psychology major in college, where I focused on adolescent mental health. I spent some years doing youth and family counseling before … Continue reading Sermon: Sunday, November 11, 2007. Twenty-Fourth Sunday after Pentecost. →

Text: Luke 13:10–17   The Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia, where I did my Lutheran year of seminary after internship, is located in a neighborhood of Philadelphia called Mt. Airy, just north of an area of town called Germantown. Germantown was settled in the late 1600s by, no surprise, German immigrants from the Rhine Valley … Continue reading Sermon: Sunday, August 26, 2007. Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost. →