Trinity Sunday – Genesis 1:1-2:4a; 2 Corinthians 13:11-13; Shall We Dance – Our second reading this morning is from Paul’s second letter to the Corinthians, Chapter 13, Verses 11 through 13. Here, he writes:”Finally, brothers and sisters, farewell. Put things in order. Listen to my appeal. Agree with one another. Live in peace. And the…
Fifth Sunday of Easter – Genesis 2.4-9, 15-17, Psalm 8; Love Your Mother – It is sometimes said that the mother is the child’s first god. There is truth in those words. The mother, most often, grows, nourishes, warms, comforts, embraces, encourages, delights in her child. And the child is so enfolded by that love that,…
Second Sunday of Easter – Genesis 1:20-31; Ezekiel 37:1-10; Down to the River to Pray – Roland Emmerich tells a scary story about climate change in his 2004 movie, The Day After Tomorrow. This is the sort of movie that plays on TV while you are folding laundry on Saturday afternoon. The movie is an apocalyptic drama…
Second Sunday in Lent; John 3:1-17; Genesis 12:1-4 – full sermon coming
First Sunday in Lent; Genesis 2:15-17, 3:1-7; Matthew 4:1-11 – The Bible tells stories of vulnerable people in difficult circumstances, and sometimes particularly blessed and powerful situations; decisions they face and make; ugliness they uncover or beauties they discover. Hear what the Spirit may say.
Sixth Sunday after Epiphany; Genesis 2:4b-25; Matthew 5:13-16 – It probably began for us all with something like stickers and finger paints, crayons and markers. As toddlers, before we really speak, we make the crazy squiggles and circles, and tentative strokes on paper. Maybe random lines or dots. Before we conceive of anything particular we’re trying to express, our personalities start to show in how we work—with controlled detail, or unbounded exuberance.