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Month: August 2024

Preaching with a broken heart: August 25

Preaching with a broken heart: August 25

 Year B, Pentecost 14                                     Psalm 34:15-22 & John 6:56-69                                              I can’t remember where I read it, some important preaching professor no doubt--- said that preachers must preach from our scars and...

Benefits of Complaining: August 4, 2024

Benefits of Complaining: August 4, 2024

 Year B, Pentecost 11                 Exodus 16: 2-4, 9-15                                                                I am always fascinated by people who say thing like, “well there’s no point in complaining.”  I always want to ask, are you sure?  I understand...

That’s Where You Are: July 28, 2024

That’s Where You Are: July 28, 2024

Year B, Pentecost 10                                John 6:1-21                                                                                                                         On occasion I like to do a first person narrative as a sermon.  That means I wrote...