Sermon: Sunday, July 21, 2013: Ninth Sunday after Pentecost

Texts: Amos 8:1-12 + Psalm 52 + Colossians 1:15-28 + Luke 10:38-42 Here’s a topic you’ve not heard me spend much time on: God’s wrath. So, let’s go there. It doesn’t take an especially close reading of the bible to uncover the fact that God is quite frequently represented as angry. And when God … Continue reading Sermon: Sunday, July 21, 2013: Ninth Sunday after Pentecost →

Sermon: Sunday, November 4, 2012: All Saints Sunday

Texts: Isaiah 25:6-9 and Psalm 24 • Revelation 21:1-6a • John 11:32-44 Forty years ago this month, Marlo Thomas and “friends” released an illustrated book and album titled, “Free to be… You and Me.” Aimed at reinforcing children’s beliefs that each can become most fully themselves, whoever they are, no matter their gender, ethnicity or background, it’s exactly the … Continue reading Sermon: Sunday, November 4, 2012: All Saints Sunday →