The texts for Sunday, September 11, 2016 are: Exodus 32:7-14; Psalm 51:1-10; 1 Timothy 1:12-17; and Luke 15:1-10 “Or what woman having ten silver coins, if she loses one of them, does not light a lamp, sweep the house, and search carefully until she finds it?” -Luke 15:8 The unrelenting love of God. That seeks And looks inContinueContinue reading “Seeking”
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Wisdom we re(member)…Even if We Forget
While this Sunday I did not preach at Salem and Immanuel (we were blessed with the words of Sarah N., a student a YDS who is also a member of Immanuel), I did preach at the Lutheran Home of Southbury. The Home specializes in dementia care, though it’s residents are a diverse group. For example,ContinueContinue reading “Wisdom we re(member)…Even if We Forget”
You are What You Eat
The texts for Sunday, August 19,2012 (Lectionary 20): Proverbs 9:1–6; Psalm 34:9–14; Ephesians 5:15–20; and John 6:51–58 “Those who eat my flesh and drink my blood abide in me, and I in them.” – John 6: 56 In ancient thought (particularly Greek thought), the body was seen as a microcosm of the universe. What thisContinueContinue reading “You are What You Eat”
To Believe and to Live
The texts for Sunday, August 12, 2012 (Lectionary 19): 1 Kings 19:4–8; Psalm 34:1–8; Ephesians 4:25—5:2; and John 6:35, 41–51 Here we are in week three of five of John 6— and we are sort of in the middle to the end of Jesus’ long discourse on bread— We started two weeks ago when weContinueContinue reading “To Believe and to Live”
Ego ami
The texts for Sunday, July 29, 2012 (lectionary 17): 2 Kings 4:42–44; Psalm 145:10–18; Ephesians 3:14–21; and John 6:1–21. … I think that we all have that little bit of terror… that little bit of the lingering question “who is really in control?” Because we aren’t. We look around us and see hungry people andContinueContinue reading “Ego ami”
Two Banquets
The texts for Sunday, July 15,2012 (Lectionary 15): Amos 7:7–15; Psalm 85:8–13; Ephesians 1:3–14; and Mark 6:14–29 “But an opportunity came when Herod on his birthday gave a banquet for his courtiers and officers and for the leaders of Galilee.”-Mark 6:21 This text about the beheading of John the Baptist is so full of horror,ContinueContinue reading “Two Banquets”
The Passionate Host
The texts for Sunday, October 9, 2011 were: Isaiah 25:1–9; Psalm 23; Philippians 4:1–9; and Matthew 22:1–14 … God has also prepared a banquet, according to Isaiah. A banquet to celebrate the end of old things and the beginning of new. A banquet that in itself is truly grace. Everyone is welcome there. There isContinueContinue reading “The Passionate Host”
Jabbok Dawn 