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Sermon – The First Sunday after Pentecost: Trinity Sunday – June 4, 2023
A sermon that connects the gift of joy and wonder as an outcome of Holy Baptism with the willingness of a congregation to playfully demonstrate an understanding of the Trinity as Lover, Beloved, and Breath of Love.
Read MoreSermon – The Day of Pentecost: Whitsunday – May 28, 2023
A sermon that imagines puzzle pieces dancing in the Pentecost tongues of fire as the promised Holy Spirit guides the connections that make the Body of Christ Jigsaw Puzzle: Pentecost Edition possible.
Read MoreSermon – The Seventh Sunday of Easter: The Sunday after the Ascension – May 21, 2023
A sermon that explores the promise to receive the blessing of God when you least expect it and need it most that often feels like grace falling like rain.
Read MoreSermon – The Sixth Sunday of Easter – May 14, 2023
A sermon that looks at why we promise “We will” in support of the newly baptized, especially infants and young children I preached it to the one year old candidate for baptism with hopes that she will one day appreciate the reference to the movie The Godfather..
Read MoreSermon – The Fifth Sunday of Easter – May 7, 2023
A sermon that looks at how doing math with Jesus finds a formula in the Prayer of Self-Dedication that gives strength in times of anguish as an action oriented thought and prayer.
Read MoreSermon – The Third Sunday of Easter – April 23, 2023
A sermon that connects how Cleopas and his companion might have engaged the words “I believe, help my unbelief” (found in Mark 9:24) when meeting the resurrected Jesus on the Road to Emmaus.
Read MoreSermon – The Second Sunday of Easter – April 16, 2023
A sermon that delves into the words “I believe, help my unbelief” (found in Mark 9:24) when meeting the resurrected Jesus in the Upper Room without and then, a week later, with Thomas (who was called the Twin).
Read MoreSermon – The Fifth Sunday after the Epiphany – February 5, 2023
A sermon celebrates how the psalms offer clarity when contemplating our response to God’s holy invitation to live and love like Jesus in the power of the Holy Spirit as we struggle with the dualistic messages pushed by the world.
Read MoreSermon – The Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany – January 29, 2023
A sermon that brings the prophetic voice of Micah to do justice, love kindness, and walk humbly with your God into conversation with how the Apostle Paul and Ananias exemplify that God uses the least likely people to do God’s work.
Read MoreSermon – The Third Sunday after the Epiphany – January 22, 2023
A sermon that finds deeper meaning and a pun from a possibly playful Jesus when he calls out to Andrew and Peter while they were casting their nets, “Follow me, and I will make you fish for people.”
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