Sermon: Sunday, September 29, 2013: Fourth Sunday in Creation — Cosmos Sunday

Texts:  Proverbs 8:22-31  +  Psalm 148  +  Colossians 1:15-20  +  John 6:41-51 We are all stardust. This is most certainly true. Writing for the famous PBS science series, Nova, Peter Tyson explains, Every single atom in your body — the calcium in your bones, the carbon in your genes, the iron in your blood, the … Continue reading Sermon: Sunday, September 29, 2013: Fourth Sunday in Creation — Cosmos Sunday

Sermon: Sunday, September 15, 2013: Second Sunday in Creation — Fauna Sunday

Texts:  Job 39:1-12,26-30  +  Psalm 104:14-23  +  1 Corinthians 1:10-23  +  Luke 12:22-31 You’ve heard of the butterfly effect, right?  Aside from being the title of a mediocre Ashton Kutcher movie from a decade ago, the butterfly effect is the popular name for a phenomenon described by the field of mathematics known as “chaos theory.”  … Continue reading Sermon: Sunday, September 15, 2013: Second Sunday in Creation — Fauna Sunday

Sermon: Sunday, May 26, 2013: The Holy Trinity

Texts:  Proverbs 8:1-4,22-31  +  Psalm 8  +  Romans 5:1-5  +  John 16:12-15 Preaching on the Sunday the church commemorates as the festival of the Holy Trinity is full of traps for the preacher, or so I am told.  “Don’t preach doctrine,” I’m advised.  No one wants to hear a sermon on doctrine, especially the doctrine … Continue reading Sermon: Sunday, May 26, 2013: The Holy Trinity