Year B, Pentecost 16 Mark 7:24-37 As most of you know, the readings we have on Sundays rotate on a three year cycle. Every three years at about this time, we get this Gospel...
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The Pharisee in us: Sept 1 2024
Year B, Pentecost 15 Mark 7: 1-8, 14-15, 21-23 Over the last month and a half, we have been reading...
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
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
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...
The Walls Between Us: July 21, 2024
Year B, Pentecost 9 Ephesians 2:11-22 Over a week ago (this was before the shooting) I was listening to a podcast about the election. One person asked what it would...