Faith Explorations
Beer!
Today's Sermon focus Are we to just be drinking beer? Hmm... As some of you know, I really enjoy bringing poetry into conversations about Scripture. I heard a great one the other day in one of my seminary classes that seems so perfect for this first day of the...
Downloaded Grace
Today's Sermon focus Grace downloads - God's character and goodness right into us Before traveling to Worms, Germany to go on trial for his life, Martin Luther was asked, “Where will you be, Brother Martin, when church, state, princes, and people turn against you? ...
Our Holy Work in Community
Today's Sermon focus We have a Holy Job to do Last week, during announcements I invited you guys to join me at Drag Eucharist at the YWCA and I was asked by a few folks about what that experience was like. So I thought I’d share a little bit today. The was led...
Untethered
Today's Sermon focus The Holy Word Un-tethers UsIt’s that season when truth is on trial. Who is telling the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth? It’s enough to cry out, “SO HELP US GOD!!!” Yes, so help us God. Help us. Help us know the truth, we pray...
Discerning our role in creation
Today's Sermon focus What's our role again? I think anyone who has ever owned a cat will have serious questions about what’s meant by “dominion” in the Genesis reading. In Genesis, God tells his newly formed people, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill...
Crying Uncle
Today's Sermon focus Following God is a Wrestling Match When we were young, my brother and I would wrestle. He was five years older, so I usually came out on the short end of the stick. When he pinned me into an immobile position or when the pain became too great I...
Giving Thanks
Today's Sermon focus Giving Thanks! Returning thanks seems to be a prominent theme in today’s readings. We see how the result of the Lord’s healing power elicited an enthusiastic acknowledgment from the King of Aram. The letter from Paul to Timothy reinforces the...
Who’s Keeping this Chasm Fixed?
Today's Sermon focus What Are the Chasms in Our Lives?I’ll apologize at the beginning of this sermon that there will be talk of Christmas. No one like Christmas coming too early and September is certainly too early! However, I can’t help bring up Christmas because...
Si, se puede!
Today's Sermon focus With Christ Jesus, yes we can! Faith is sometimes about perspective. There’s the story of a shoe salesman sent by his company to a unique region of the country. After a couple of days there, he wrote back to his superiors that he was...
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