So Long, Farewell – A Retirement Sermon (2 Corinthians 13)
2 Corinthians 13:11-13 “So long, farewell, Auf Wiedersehen, goodbye.” With those words, the children said good night to the partygoers in the Sound of Music. Today I…
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Giving Thanks with Grateful Hearts – Sermon for Pentecost 2B (Psalm 138)
Psalm 138 It’s taken thirteen years, but we’ve finally reached the river’s edge. But, we’re not quite ready to cross over to the other side. We still have…
When the Advocate Comes – Sermon for Pentecost Sunday, Year B (John 15, 16)
John 15:26-27; 16:4b-15. If you’ve been to a tourist destination like Orlando, Vegas, or Niagara Falls, you probably encountered a museum that proclaimed that “truth is stranger…
Can We Withhold the Water? — Sermon for Easter 6B (Acts 10)
Acts 10:44-48 Last Sunday we heard a baptism story and witnessed Richard’s baptism. This morning we hear another baptism story that’s part of a much larger story…
Look, Here Is Water! — A Sermon for Easter 5B (Acts 8)
Acts 8:26-40 What’s your baptism story? I’ll confess that mine is a bit complicated. It starts at the Catholic hospital where I was born. Apparently, the nurses baptized me just…
The Way of Salvation – Sermon for Easter 4B (Acts 4)
Christ Before Annas (top); Peter Denying Jesus (bottom) Acts 4:5-12 When Peter and John went to the Temple to pray they encountered a man with a disability. That encounter led…
Complicity and the System – A Sermon for 3rd Sunday of Easter (Acts 3)
Acts 3:12-21 When Peter and John went to the Temple to pray, a man who had been crippled since birth called out to them, begging for…
Death Has Met Its Match – Sermon for Easter Sunday (Mark 16; Isaiah 25)
Mark 16:1-8; Isaiah 25:6-9 On the morning of the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome made their way to…
The Steadfast Love of the Lord – Sermon for Palm Sunday (Psalm 118)
Psalm 118:1-2, 19-29 “Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord!” That’s what the crowd shouted when Jesus rode into Jerusalem. Perhaps they…
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