Category Archives: sermon preparation

Preaching Pentecost

Posted on May 28, 2020 by

More than 100,000 people have died in the US of COVID-19.
Nearly 360,000 people have died from the disease worldwide. Close to 6 million cases have been confirmed overall.
George Floyd died after saying, “I can’t breathe,” as a police officer knelt on his neck in Minneapolis on Memorial Day. Continue reading →

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Light speaks

Posted on January 16, 2020 by

light whispers, flushed and fevered,
smouldering out of sight to
the point of conflagration. Continue reading →

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To move mountains

Posted on October 3, 2019 by

When she was old and fading –
her gray hair paling,
her skin thinning and softening –
my grandmother painted watercolours. Continue reading →

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Fridays are for mortality

Posted on June 12, 2019 by

The choice of incarnation, an island carved out of immortality, implies that God is not immune to hard weeks. Continue reading →

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Preach

Posted on May 17, 2019 by

I am at the airport, waiting for my ride home from the Festival of Homiletics, and what shall I say? I have been broken and I have been stitched up. I have been blown away, and I have been blown … Continue reading →

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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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