Texts: Jeremiah 1:4-10 + Psalm 71:1-6 + Hebrews 12:18-29 + Luke 13:10-17 Do you remember the last day of … whatever? Summer camp. High School. A mission trip. The last day after something intense and formative and life-changing. For three years after seminary I worked on the staff of a summer program down in Atlanta … Continue reading Sermon: Sunday, August 25, 2013: Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost
Sermon: Sunday, August 11, 2013: Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost
Texts: Isaiah 1:1,10-20 + Psalm 50:1-8,22-23 + Hebrews 11:1-3,8-16 + Luke 12:32-40 Fifty years ago next month, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. had the tragic occasion to deliver a eulogy at the funeral service for three of the four little girls killed in the bombing of 16th St. Baptist church in Birmingham, Alabama … Continue reading Sermon: Sunday, August 11, 2013: Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost
Sermon: Sunday, August 4, 2013: Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost
Texts: Hosea 11:1-11 + Psalm 107:1-9,43 + Colossians 3:1-11 + Luke 12:13-21 Isn’t it a joy to see so many children back in this church? I remember asking the call committee that interviewed me back in 2006, “Imagine that it’s the future, that we’ve been working together to rebuild the church for a few years, … Continue reading Sermon: Sunday, August 4, 2013: Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost
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