Oct 12, 2011 | church, scripture, sermon
Paul’s letter to Philemon is a small little letter with a long and troubled history. From the latter days of the Roman Empire through 19th-century America, the letter to Philemon was interpreted by pro-slavery proponents as Paul’s intercession to convince...
Sep 26, 2011 | joy, scripture, sermon
Paul’s letter to the church in Philippi is a caring “How are you?” written on paper and sent via messenger to this women-led community of faith that he is clearly so fond of. If you haven’t read the whole of Philippians recently, here is the...
May 31, 2011 | scripture, sermon
We live with so many mysteries: unknowns, complexities & contradictionsthat sometimes defy meaningor at leastcomplicate our perspectives on life.Like war, for example. It seems that we are always at war these days,declared or undeclared, just or not-so-much,and...
May 1, 2011 | resurrection, scripture, sermon
I love that on this first Sunday after Easter — after all of the fanfare and the music and the beauty and the hope and the incredible “Wow!” of resurrection — one week later the lectionary gives us the story of Thomas, gives us the space of a...
Mar 9, 2011 | Lent, scripture, sermon
Ash Wednesday has a particular set of Scripture readings that vary only slightly from one year to the next. Many of those traditional Ash Wednesday readings call us to repentance and announce the beginning of a fast, a time of drawing close to God through prayer and...
Jan 11, 2011 | news, scripture, sermon
Jesus came to John to be baptized by him. John tried to prevent him, saying, “I need to be baptized by you; why would you come to me for baptism?” But Jesus answered him, “Please do it, for this is the proper way to be right with God.” So John...
