Title: Hope and Nests, part II
Date: May 4th, 2008
Texts: Ps 68:1-10, 32-35; Ac 1:6-14; I Pet 4:12-14, 5:6-11; Jn 17:1-11.
Nests and hope. That’s what I preached about the last time. I told you about the blue birds who moved into the birdhouse in my front yard near the road. I talked about how they show [...]
Title: Nests and hope
Date: April 13, 2008
Texts: Acts 2:42-47; Psalm 23; I Peter 2:19-25; John 10:1-10
We have two blue birds living in our front yard. Last fall our neighbor gave Katie and me a bird house, and I put it up near the street this past January. That probably wasn’t the best place to put [...]
Title: A Protest of Hope
Date: March 20, 2008: Maundy Thursday
Texts: John 13:1-17, 31b-35
Jerusalem welcomed Jesus as their king, “Blessed is the king of Israel” (John 12:13). And a few days later, on Maundy Thursday, Jesus is in the valley of darkness. Later this night, he will be arrested and his procession to the cross will [...]
Title: Mud
Date: March 2nd, 2008, 4th Sunday of Lent
Texts: I Sam 16:1-13; Ps 23; Eph 5:8-14; Jn 9:1-41.
Mud, made with dirt and saliva. This is such a great story. Jesus heals a blind beggar with his spit.
Thursday, around noon, I stopped by the Regulator Bookstore to pick up a book that I ordered. I parked [...]
Title: Home away from home
Date: February 17, 2008
Texts: Gen 12:1-4a; Psalm 121; Rom 4:1-5, 13-17; Jn 3:1-17.
To leave it all behind. To wander into the unknown with nothing to hold onto… only a promise. “The Lord said to Abram, ‘Go from your country and your kindred and your father’s house.’” Leave everything. Leave all the [...]
Title: God is home
Date: February 10, 2008, 1st Sunday of Lent
Texts: Genesis 2:15-17, 3:1-7; Romans 5:12-19; Matthew 4:1-11
I’m a home body. I like being at home, and all the things that home allows me to do. I can make my coffee just how I like it. I have the choice of three different chairs I [...]
Date: January 6, 2008, Epiphany Sunday
Texts: Isa 60:1-6; Ps 72:1-7, 10-14; Eph 3:1-12; Matt 2:1-12
What happens when Jesus gets here? What happens when Jesus arrives?
That’s the question of Epiphany. What changes after Advent?
We just finished our season of Advent, our time of anticipation. And I think it’s safe to say that the passages we read [...]