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
When “Yes We Can” becomes “Here We Go…”
Transfiguration Sunday has a typical sermon that goes something like this, “we’ve all had mountaintop experiences, but you can’t stay on the mountain. You’ve got to come down and live life in the valley.” We seem to be living this out in our life together as a nation. When Martin Luther King, Jr. said in … Continue reading When “Yes We Can” becomes “Here We Go…”
Sermon: Sunday, February 8, 2009: 5th Sunday after Epiphany
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
By Proclamation 