Category Archives: sermon preparation

The stones would shout

Posted on April 10, 2019 by

If these walls could speak, they would sing of the sun’s light seeping into sandstone, warming the night when Love comes calling … Continue reading →

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Refreshment Sunday: Going over Jordan

Posted on March 31, 2019 by

For Christians, when God says, “I have rolled away your disgrace,” can it help but bring to mind the rolling away of the stone from the tomb that is to come in a few short weeks, the hope beyond Good Friday? Continue reading →

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A baptism

Posted on January 11, 2019 by

In Galilee, a root gripped my foot,
the tree of life inverted, submerged … Continue reading →

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Conjuring Esther

Posted on September 26, 2018 by

Esther has become difficult to read. Her story makes me angry and afraid. We read it like a fairytale. But like so many fairytales, it teems with themes of horror dressed up in satin and silk. Continue reading →

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The madness of Christ Jesus

Posted on June 9, 2018 by

The Wisdom of God is, as has been well-documented, foolishness to the wise philosopher. Utter foolishness. Continue reading →

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One/three/seven billion

Posted on May 27, 2018 by

It matters that we know a God who will not allow for isolation, or desolation, who does not disown God’s children, but who sets out time and again, through the prophets, through the wilderness, through the sacraments, through the Spirit to remind us that we are not only created in God’s image, but that God has committed Godself to us, irrevocably, unbreakably. Continue reading →

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Love/hate/relationship

Posted on April 29, 2018 by

“Those who say, “I love God,” and hate their brothers or sisters, are liars; for those who do not love a brother or sister whom they have seen, cannot love God whom they have not seen,” warns the letter writer, and if we are in any way human, our heart sinks. We know whereof we are guilty. Continue reading →

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