The garden plots outside the parish hall are exploding with life. Take the plantings our landscapers installed and the wild seedlings carried in by dogs and squirrels, add these last few weeks of sun and rain and constant watering, and you get greenery of all sorts breaking the surface. As I come and go from … Continue reading Message: Digging in the Dirt
Sermon: Sunday, July 13, 2008: Time After Pentecost, Lectionary 15
Texts: Isaiah 55:10-13 ; Psalm 65:9-13 ; Romans 8:1-11 ; Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23 In the name Jesus – God word, God’s water and God’s seed. Amen. I was gone last week, as many of you know, having traveled to San Francisco for the biennial Lutherans Concerned assembly and then a couple days of vacation. … Continue reading Sermon: Sunday, July 13, 2008: Time After Pentecost, Lectionary 15
Sermon: Sunday, June 29, 2008: Peter & Paul, Apostles
Texts: Ezekiel 34:11-16 ; 1 Corinthians 3:16-23 ; John 21:15-19 I don’t know if any of you caught wind of this in the news, but earlier this week the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life released a new report on the landscape of U.S. Religious Life. Of the many findings in the report, … Continue reading Sermon: Sunday, June 29, 2008: Peter & Paul, Apostles
By Proclamation 