Sermon: Sunday, October 31, 2010: Reformation Sunday

Texts: Jeremiah 31:31-34 ; Psalm 46 ; Romans 3:19-28 ; John 8:31-36 Last Sunday afternoon I was copied on an email that my Aunt Carol sent to her son, her siblings (four sisters and one younger brother, who happens to be my dad), and me. From the moment I read her email, and the … Continue reading Sermon: Sunday, October 31, 2010: Reformation Sunday →

Message: Though the Earth be Moved…

My friend and colleague Anne Howard, Executive Director of The Beatitudes Society, has been telling me for over a year that I need to read Phyllis Tickle’s The Great Emergence: How Christianity is Changing and Why. So, I finally picked up a copy and started reading – now I see why she was so adamant. … Continue reading Message: Though the Earth be Moved… →

Sermon: Sunday, October 24, 2010: Lectionary 30

Texts: Jeremiah 14:7-10, 19-22 and Psalm 84:1-7 • 2 Timothy 4:6-8, 16-18 • Luke 18:9-14 This may come as a shock to many of you, but, even though I grew up in Iowa – I really know next to nothing about farm life. No, you know that, though there were kids in college who … Continue reading Sermon: Sunday, October 24, 2010: Lectionary 30 →