Thanksgiving Week: “Attention is the beginning of devotion”
Text for Preaching "Gratitude" by Mary Oliver What did you notice? The dew-snail; the low-flying sparrow; the bat, on the wind, in the dark; big-chested geese, in the V of…
7 Pentecost B, 2021: If I were a Prophet
When we have stories that feature John the Baptist like we do today, I repeatedly feel the need to pay our respects to the Mandaeans, followers of John the Baptist…
5 Easter: “From Blossoms” to Bread and Wine
Sermon Text: “From Blossoms” by Li-Young Lee https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/43012/from-blossoms From blossoms - those wafer-thin pedals of color now adorning trees all around us - comes a brown paper bag full of…
13 A Pentecost 2020: The Beginning of God (according to Exodus 3:1-15
Sermon Video Sermon Text We are Christians, but the reason we talk about the Judeo-Christian tradition is that we were Jews first. Jesus, who is the central figure of our…
1 Christmas 2019: Primeval Atom
You will have to determine if this sermon is about the Big Bang or angels in my head. From time to time someone will ask me why I always dig…