Texts: 1 Kings 3:5-12 and Psalm 119:129-136 • Romans 8:26-39 • Matthew 13:31-33, 44-52 We’ve been hearing from Paul’s letter to the Romans and from the gospel of Matthew for weeks now, since the last Sunday of June, and we’ll continue to read from Romans and Matthew through September 11th, which is the Sunday after … Continue reading Sermon: Sunday, July 24, 2011–Time after Pentecost, Lectionary 17
Message: Weeding in God’s Garden…
The two garden plots outside the doors to the parish house are bursting with life. Each day as I come to work, I notice new plants blooming, or sending up shoots, or shedding petals or leaves. I also notice little green things sprouting up that look kind of ugly to me, but I don’t touch … Continue reading Message: Weeding in God’s Garden…
Sermon: Sunday, July 10, 2011: Time After Pentecost–Lectionary 15
Texts: Isaiah 55:10-13 and Psalm 65: 9-13 • Romans 8:1-11 • Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23 Raise your hand if you’ve heard of Rob Bell. My hunch is that the relatively few hands that went up are a symbol of the age-old divide between mainline Protestants and Evangelical Christians, because – in the Evangelical world – Rob … Continue reading Sermon: Sunday, July 10, 2011: Time After Pentecost–Lectionary 15
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