Texts: Jeremiah 20:7-13 ; Psalm 69:7-18 ; Romans 6:1b-11 ; Matthew 10:24-39 In a previous life, the one that came before church council and other committee meetings, Saturday mornings were for HGTV and TLC. Home and Garden Television (HGTV) and The Learning Channel (TLC) are for grown-ups what Saturday morning cartoons are for kids … Continue reading Sermon: Sunday, June 22, 2008: Time after Pentecost, Lectionary 12
Message: Living Deliberately
In his classic, Walden, Henry David Thoreau writes, “I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life,…and not, when I came to die, to discover that I had not lived. I did not wish to live what was not life, living is so dear; nor … Continue reading Message: Living Deliberately
Sermon: Sunday, June 15, 2008: Time after Pentecost, Lectionary 11
Texts: Exodus 19:2-8a ; Psalm 100 ; Romans 5:1-8 ; Matthew 9:35 - 10:8 In the name of Jesus, our teacher and our freedom. Amen. There is a subset of movies in the category of drama that I love. Just like the broad heading of “action/adventure” has subsets like “buddy flick” or “cop drama” … Continue reading Sermon: Sunday, June 15, 2008: Time after Pentecost, Lectionary 11
By Proclamation 