Texts: Exodus 1:8 -- 2:10 + Psalm 124 + Romans 12:1-8 + Matthew 16:13-20For the last week or so I have been binge-watching House of Cards on Netflix. I don’t know if it’s my way of dealing with a summer of brutal news, or just a television addiction that’s moved on to new material, but … Continue reading Sermon: Sunday, August 24, 2014: Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost
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Sermon: Sunday, January 5, 2014: Epiphany of the Lord (transferred)
Texts: Isaiah 60:1-6 + Psalm 72:1-7,10-14 + Ephesians 3:1-12 + Matthew 2:1-12 I told you last Sunday that my family took in a movie together over the holidays. Well, later that day Kerry and I returned to the theater, but this time just the two of us, to see 12 Years of Slave at the … Continue reading Sermon: Sunday, January 5, 2014: Epiphany of the Lord (transferred)
Sermon: Sunday, July 7, 2013: Seventh Sunday after Pentecost
Texts: 2 Kings 5:1-14 + Psalm 30 + Galatians 6:1-16 + Luke 10:1-11,16-20 When I was in junior high, or sometime very early in high school, the guidance counselor gave us all a vocational aptitude test to get us thinking about what kinds of work each of us might be best suited for. When the … Continue reading Sermon: Sunday, July 7, 2013: Seventh Sunday after Pentecost