Sermons

Baptism and the Holy Spirit. 31 May 2009
Today we are bringing together two of the great events in the Church: Baptism and the Holy Spirit. As those two things were brought together on the first Pentecost described in the book of Acts so we arebringing them together here. And those ancient events were no more blessed or holy than what we witness today.

Judas and Matthias--23 May 2009
The great wheel turns through the four seasons. And with the wheel of the seasons, the great wheel of the church year turns us through the six seasons from Advent to Christmas to Epiphany to Lent to Easter, to Pentecost, which he church calls ordinary time. Helpfully, our church arranges its lessons to accompany us through the seasons. As we stand on the eve of Pentecost, our lessons are anticipatory. To prepare us for Pentecost, the lessons talk about people preparing

16 August, 2009: This is my body.
This sermon explores how the three steps used in baking bread--destruction, transformation, and connection--can be seen in the life of Jesus and in our lives as they are revealed in the Eucharist.

Worship as Call: Feb. 7, 2010
Four things we find in a typical Eucharist that we also find in today’s lessons. Every Eucharist is a call.

Sermon on the Holy Spirit--May 23, 2010
Of all the things we might say about Pentecost, I have chosen to say something about four: Something about its connections, something about tongues, and something about effects, and finally, the Holy Spirit prayer.

Easter, 2010
We live in a different world than we did before the Easter events of 30 A.D. happened, because we have access to God in ways we did not have before.

Trinity Sunday, May 30, 2010
I would speak to you today about the Trinity seeking to address three questions: What do we mean when we speak of the Trinity as doctrine? How did we get the Trinity? and Why do we need the Trinity?

Ahab and the Bible as Story. June 13, 2010
The goal of reading scripture is to feel ourselves part of these stories and part of them and part of the larger drama of salvation which the scriptures tell. But if we fail to respond to the Bible on the level of story, our moral and theological responses will be superficial.

The Still, Small Voice: Story and Moral. June 20, 2010
We need to let the story come in the front door and the moral in the window or even the back door. But having let the story in the front door, let us attend to the moral which very insistently presenting itself at the window