A King for “In the Meantime”?

A sermon preached on Christ the King Sunday, from Revelation 1:4-8 Well, this is the second time I’m preaching a sermon from the book of Revelation– which I swore I’d never preach on at all. (God has a marvelous sense of humor…) But yet again, as I consider the world we live in–I fall in [...]

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Give Yourself Away

“Give Yourself Away” Isaiah 55:1-6, Mark 12:38-44 Nov 15, 2009 I wonder how many sermons you’ve heard on this particular story. Perhaps, every three years or so, as it rolls around on the lectionary, during what is traditionally “stewardship season”. Perhaps, it’s about as predictable as having turkey on Thanksgiving. And I’d almost be willing [...]

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Going to Graceland

A Sermon preached on November 8, 2009 from Revelation 21:1-6. (Due to my illness, we were celebrating All Saints Day a week late) I swore I wouldn’t do this– I wouldn’t preach from Revelation because it’s just too often misunderstood. But as I started looking at the texts for All Saints Day, I fell in [...]

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Casting Off the Cloak of Blindness

Preached on 10.25.09 using Job 42:1-6, and Mark 10:46-52 This sounds morbid, but I’ve decided something about the sort of send-off I want when I leave this world to meet my maker. I’ve decided I want a big New Orleans style parade during which great jazz musicians will loudly and joyfully sing “When the Saints [...]

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“You Can’t Take It with You”

You Can’t Take It with You Mark 10:17-31 Oct 11, 2009 Ordinary 28B “We came from Bethlehem, Georgia, bearing Betty Crocker cake mixes into the jungle. My sisters and I were all counting on having one birthday apiece during our twelve month mission. ‘And heaven knows’ our mother predicted, ‘they won’t have Betty Crocker in [...]

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I’ll Pray for You…

“I’ll Pray for You” James 5:1-13 Ordinary 26B– September 27, 2009 I always wondered if she was a miracle . It’s not that she was super-woman, or even that she was a super-human. She was an ordinary lady in my dad’s church– whom we called “Mike”. And as far as I could tell, her gift [...]

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The Gift of Downward Mobility

Today’s Sermon, using Mark 9:30-37 “Nuh-uh”. “Yes-huh” “You are not better than me.” “Are too.” “I’m Jesus’ favorite” “No I am– Jesus doesn’t even like you. He says you smell like wet sheep.” “Well, he says you smell like a fish.” “So, what do you do that he might even think about calling you great? [...]

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A Love Song for the Ages

The sermon I preached from Song of Solomon 2:8 and following this morning. Because several folks have asked.. I’m betting we’ve all had the experience of stumbling on a young couple, who are OBVIOUSLY very much in love. I probably really don’t need to describe it,but here goes anyway: They’re in some public place, and [...]

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