The texts for Sunday, September 11, 2011 (at least the ones that we’re using) were: Jonah 3:1-4:11; Psalm 140; Ephesians 2:1-7 [8-10]; and Luke 10:25-37 This Sunday, we had a picnic, jointly held, between Immanuel, Salem, and Zion Lutheran. Pastor Joshua Rinas (the pastor at Zion) and I planned a service called: “Rising up: Remembering, Healing,ContinueContinue reading “Posing Questions”
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The Body Broken
The texts for Sunday, September 4, 2011 are: Ezekiel 33:7–11; Psalm 119:33–40; Romans 13:8–14; and Matthew 18:15–20. … No, we only encounter that God, that God embodied in Jesus when we live, serve, struggle in community. We only encounter that God embodied in Jesus when we look into the eyes of the person whom hasContinueContinue reading “The Body Broken”
Barefoot before God
The texts for Sunday, August 7, 2011 are: 1 Kings 19:9–18; Psalm 85:8–13; Romans 10:5–15; and Matthew 14:22–33 Audio of sermon: Pentecost-L19A.2011 “… I can imagine not wanting to step out of that boat or to step out of that cave because I know that I would fail. because I know that I am tender-footedContinueContinue reading “Barefoot before God”
More than Enough
The texts for Sunday, July 31st are: Genesis 32:22–31; Psalm 17:1–7, 15; Romans 9:1–5; and Matthew 14:13–21. Audio of sermon (a first person account of the feeding of the 5000 by a female disciple of Jesus): Pentecost-L18A.2011 ” Don’t ask me how it happened. Don’t ask me to explain how the bread multiplied or how weContinueContinue reading “More than Enough”
Dear Jesus…
The texts for Sunday, July 24, 2011 are: 1 Kings 3:5–12; Psalm 119:129–136; Romans 8:26–39; and Matthew 13:31–33, 44–52. Audio of sermon: Pentecost-L17A.2011 Teach us the wisdom of your holy nonsense, O Lord, and teach us the nonsense of our human wisdom. Amen.
Mixed Up.
The texts for Sunday, July 17, 2011 are: Wisdom of Solomon 12:13, 16–19; Psalm 86:11–17; Romans 8:12–25; and Matthew 13:24–30, 36–43 Audio of sermon: Pentecost-L16A.2011-1 … God tends our lives as though they were wheat fields without any weeds. so that the evil, the sin, the death-dealing parts of our lives do not destroy what isContinueContinue reading “Mixed Up.”
The Parable of the Seeds
Texts for Sunday, July 10, 2011: Isaiah 55:10–13; Psalm 65:1–13; Romans 8:1–11; and Matthew 13:1–9, 18–23 … Perhaps that is why Jesus speaks to us in parables. No simple, easily understood rules and teachings to follow can, like seeds, settle silently into our hearts, allow us to ponder deeply, and rejoice in surprise whenContinueContinue reading “The Parable of the Seeds”
It’s not all about you
Texts for June 26, 2011: Jeremiah 28:5–9; Psalm 89:1–4, 15–18; Romans 6:12–23; and Matthew 10:40–42 Audio of sermon: Pentecost-L14A.2011 “…I think that the ultimate victory that sin could possibly have in a life in any life would be to make us forget the truth that it isn’t all about us. That somehow God wasn’t strong enough toContinueContinue reading “It’s not all about you”
Incomplete Alone: A Sermon for Trinity Sunday
Audio of sermon: Trinity Sunday The texts for Trinity Sunday: Genesis 1:1-2:4a; Psalm 8; 2 Corinthians 13:11–13; and Matthew 28:16–20 “… In our brokenness, in our separateness; in our striving to be the “self-made man” at the top of the pile we will never be like God. But in community — even in broken community — brokenContinueContinue reading “Incomplete Alone: A Sermon for Trinity Sunday”
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