Sunday, March 23, 2025, Lent 3 – Isaiah 55:1-9, Psalm 63:1-8, 1 Corinthians 10:1-13, Luke 13:1-9 Every religion, Christianity included, has a mystical tradition that speaks of those who have had direct encounters with God. We already know many from the Bible, including Moses meeting the burning bush, Jacob’s vision of the ladder and its […]
Sunday, March 9, 2025 (Lent 1) – Deuteronomy 26:1-11, Psalm 91:1-2, 9-16, Romans 10:8b-13, Luke 4:1-13 Since I began serving Redeemer as interim minister in October of 2023, my approach to preaching has been a week-by-week endeavor. It’s pretty much all I could do to just keep juggling all the plates that I had in
Sunday, February 16, 2025 – Jeremiah 17:5-10, Psalm 1, 1 Corinthians 15:12-20, Luke 6:17-26. In the Spring of 2009, I left my home in north Georgia and headed to Cullman, Alabama for five days of silence with a group of Benedictine nuns. I had previously spent silent days with both the Jesuits and the Trappists
Sunday, February 2, 2025 – Malachi 3:1-4, Psalm 84, Hebrews 2:14-18, Luke 2:22-40 Last week I asked us to think about a question: How do we need God to show up for us and for the people we love and care about? I asked you to think about your children, your grandchildren, your neighbors, and
Tuesday, December 24, 2024 – Christmas Eve, Isaiah 9:2-7, Psalm 96, Titus 2:11-14, Luke 2:1-14 [15-20] Who is Jesus Christ? More importantly, who is he for us today? Titus tells us that Christ is the “hope and manifestation of the glory of God.” But to unknowing passersby, that tiny baby lying in a feeding trough,
Sunday, August 18, 2024 – Gospel John 6:51-58, also Proverbs 9:1-6, Psalm 34:9-14, Ephesians 5:15-20 Swami Vivekananda was an Indian Hindu monk and religious teacher, born in 1863 who introduced Hinduism and yoga to the West. He traveled to the United States in 1893 and spoke at a huge event in Chicago called the Parliament of
Sunday, July 7 – Gospel, Mark 5:21-43. Also Ezekiel 2:1-5, Psalm 123, 2 Corinthians 12:2-10, Mark 6:1-13 How do you handle rejection? I must admit that I don’t handle it well. I’ve felt rejected so many times over the years that whenever I feel like it might happen again, I just want to curl up
Sunday, June 30, 2024 – Gospel, Mark 5:21-43. Also Lamentations 3:22-33, Psalm 30, 2 Corinthians 8:7-15 One of the most amazing stories of healing I ever heard came from a medical doctor named Norm Shealy. It was in a workshop in Hot Springs, Arkansas, a place known for its healing waters, that Dr. Shealy shared
Holy Trinity Sunday, May 26, 2024 – Gospel, John 3:1-17. Also Isaiah 6:1-8, Psalm 29, Romans 8:12-17 It’s very interesting what you can find online when you search around a little bit. Heaven knows there’s a lot of garbage out there, but sometimes I like to see the kinds of questions people are asking about
Sunday, May 19, Pentecost – Acts 2:1-21. Also Psalm 104:24-34, 35b, Romans 8:22-27, John 15:26-27, 16:4b-15. A core theme of our readings today is the movement of the Spirit of God through the world and the transforming work it does. And a major symbol of that Spirit is fire. Fire is one of those aspects
