As I write this afternoon, Kerry and I are preparing to leave for a weekend long retreat in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin hosted by Extraordinary Lutheran Ministries for rostered leaders in the Lutheran church who identify publicly as gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender or queer. This new professional network is called Proclaim, and it includes seminarians, clergy … Continue reading Message: Washed and Sent…
Sermon: Sunday, March 27, 2011: Third Sunday in Lent
Texts: Exodus 17:1-7 • Psalm 95 • Romans 5:1-11 • John 4:5-42 He got me. With three little words he got me. I’d been going with the mad preacher, John, the baptizer, because I liked the fire in his belly. He was angry, like me, at everyone it seemed. I think he was even angry … Continue reading Sermon: Sunday, March 27, 2011: Third Sunday in Lent
Message: Encounter at High Noon…
If you were paying close attention in church last week, you might have noticed that after reading for months from the gospel of Matthew, we shifted into the gospel of John with the story of Nicodemus coming to Jesus under the cover of night (John 3:1-17). That story is paired with the one we will … Continue reading Message: Encounter at High Noon…
By Proclamation 